Tyler French|Linda Weiss|Mark Waters|James M. Tesoriero|Ruth Finkelstein|Bruce Agins
Correlation of a Brief Perceived Stress Measure With Nonadherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Over Time
New York State Department of Health
adherence antiretroviral medications proven challenge individuals diagnosed hiv infection nonadherence lead treatment failure hiv resistance poor health outcomes many published studies described factors associated poor adherence yet presented validated scales could practically applied treatment settings identify individuals higher risk nonadherence article explores relationship revised version perceived stress scale nonadherence antiretroviral therapy scale consists following items often past month felt unable control important things life confident ability handle personal problems things going way difficulties piling high could handle response options never rarely sometimes often mostly always multivariate analysis clients scored highest quartile perceived stress twice likely nonadherent baseline followup 1 5 times likely nonadherent followup 2 clients lowest quartile perceived stress scores