Enhancing patient navigation to improve intervention session attendance and viral load suppression of persons with HIV and substance use: a secondary post hoc analysis of the Project HOPE study.

CONCLUSION: In this secondary post hoc analysis, contact with patient navigators was increased by attendance incentives. Higher rates of attendance at patient navigation sessions was associated with viral suppression at the 6-month follow-up assessment. Study results support use of attendance incentives to improve rates of contact between service providers and patients, particularly patients who are difficult to engage in care. Trial Registration clinicaltrials.govIdentifier: NCT01612169.
PMID: 28651612 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - June 27, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: Stitzer M, Matheson T, Cunningham C, Sorensen JL, Feaster DJ, Gooden L, Hammond AS, Fitzsimons H, Metsch LR Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: research