TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Intimate partner violence and antiretroviral adherence among women receiving care in an urban southeastern Texas HIV clinic
JO  - Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
A1  - Trimble, Debra D.
A1  - Nava, Angeles
A1  - McFarlane, Judith M.
SP  - 331
EP  - 340
VL  - 24
IS  - 4
N2  - This nonexperimental, descriptive study examined relationships between recent intimate partner violence (IPV) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence among women. Data from 272 HIV-infected women receiving care at a large HIV clinic were obtained through interviews and medical record abstraction. The Severity of Violence Against Women Scale was used to determine IPV experience in the previous 12 months; the prevalence of recent IPV in our sample was 52%. Mean Domestic Violence Specific Morisky Medication Adherence Scale scores among women experiencing recent IPV were significantly lower (M = 5.49, SD = 2.06) than in women without IPV experiences (M = 6.57, SD = 1.57, t[262.1] = 4.91, p < .001). A greater proportion of detectable viral loads (Fisher's exact p < .001) was found in women experiencing recent IPV compared to women who did not experience IPV. The data indicate that clinicians should screen HIV-infected women frequently for IPV when assessing ART adherence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1055-3290
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jana.2013.02.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -