Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Predictive validity of a brief antiretroviral adherence index: Retrospective cohort analysis under conditions of repetitive administration. | AIDS Research and Therapy BioMed Central Research Predictive validity of a brief antiretroviral adherence index Retrospective cohort analysis under conditions of repetitive administration William C Mathews 1 Eva Barker1 Erica Winter1 Craig Ballard1 Bradford Colwell1 and Susanne May2 Open Access Address 1UCSD Owen Clinic UCSD Medical Center Mail Code 8681 200 W. Arbor Dr. San Diego CA 92103 USA and 2Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Department of Family and Preventive Medicine University of California San Diego Mail Code 0717 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla CA 92093 USA Email William C Mathews - cmathews@ Eva Barker - ebarker@ Erica Winter - ewinter@ Craig Ballard - cballard@ Bradford Colwell - bcolwell@ Susanne May-smay@ Corresponding author Published 29 August 2008 Received 20 May 2008 AIDS Research and Therapy 2008 5 20 doi 1742-6405-5-20 Accepted 29 August 2008 This article is available from http content 5 1 20 2008 Mathews et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Background Newer antiretroviral ARV agents have improved pharmacokinetics potency and tolerability and have enabled the design of regimens with improved virologic outcomes. Successful antiretroviral therapy is dependent on patient adherence. In previous research we validated a subset of items from the ACTG adherence battery as prognostic of virologic suppression at 6 months and correlated with adherence estimates from the Medication Event Monitoring System MEMS . The objective of the current study was to validate the longitudinal use of the Owen Clinic adherence index in .
