I Can See Clearly Now: Using Active Visualisation to Improve Adherence to ART and PrEP

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• 作者：Annie S. K. Jones ; Keith J. Petrie
• 关键词：Adherence ; PrEP ; HIV ; Antiretroviral medication ; Visualisation ; Illness perceptions ; Medication beliefs
• 刊名：AIDS and Behavior
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：21
• 期：2
• 页码：335-340
• 全文大小：806KB
• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Health Psychology; Infectious Diseases;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-3254
• 卷排序：21

文摘

Non-adherence remains a perplexing issue in HIV treatment. After decades of research supporting the efficacy of antiretroviral therapy, non-adherence to medication remains an important issue. For patients who are non-adherent to anti-retroviral therapy (ART), there appears to be a mismatch between their model of illness and the necessity for ART treatment. We propose that ‘active visualisation’ is a technique that could be utilised to improve understanding of treatment and subsequently adherence for both individuals living with HIV and those at-risk of infection. We discuss the theoretical background and highlight the initial evidence suggesting the utility of active visualisation. We then discuss how active visualisation could be utilised in a live demonstration to improve adherence to ART and pre-exposure prophylaxis medications.