Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Wisdom Basera, Edward Nicol
Comparing PrEP initiation rates by service delivery models among high risk adolescent boys and young men in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: findings from a population-based prospective study
BMC public health
background despite medical advances highly active antiretroviral therapy haart patients living hiv continue risk developing hivassociated neurocognitive disorders hand optimization nonhaart interventions including cognitive rehabilitation therapy crt shows promise reversing impact hand data exist indicating efficacy crt remediating attention skills following neurohiv paper presents metaanalysis randomised nonrandomised controlled trials rcts remediate attention skills following hiv crt methods database search included literature google scholar eric cochrane library isi web knowledge pubmed psycinfo grey literature published 2013 2022 inclusion criteria included studies participants living hiv undergone crt intervention remediate attention skills following neurohiv exclusion criteria included case studies nonhuman studies literature reviews assess study quality including randomisation allocation concealment participant personnel blinding cochrane collaboration ratings system applied results total 14 studies met inclusion criteria n 532 significant pre postintervention betweengroup benefits due crt experimental group relative control conditions remediation attention skills following hiv acquisition hedges g 0251 95 ci 0005 0497 p 005 significant effects p 005 demonstrated subgroup analysis conclusions authors knowledge first metaanalysis exclusively analyses remediation attention skills era haart neurohiv studies included participants diagnosed hiv overall metaanalysis effect indicates efficacy crt remediating attention skills hiv hand recommended future cognitive rehabilitation protocols remediate attention skills context populationspecific supplemented objective biomarkers indicating efficacy crt registration protocolsio 01032023