Title |
Influences on visit retention in clinical trials: Insights from qualitative research during the VOICE trial in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Published in |
BMC Women's Health, July 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6874-14-88 |
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Authors |
Busisiwe Magazi, Jonathan Stadler, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Elizabeth Montgomery, Florence Mathebula, Miriam Hartmann, Ariane van der Straten |
Abstract |
Although significant progress has been made in clinical trials of women-controlled methods of HIV prevention such as microbicides and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), low adherence to experimental study products remains a major obstacle to being able to establish their efficacy in preventing HIV infection. One factor that influences adherence is the ability of trial participants to attend regular clinic visits at which trial products are dispensed, adherence counseling is administered, and participant safety is monitored. We conducted a qualitative study of the social contextual factors that influenced adherence in the VOICE (MTN-003) trial in Johannesburg, South Africa, focusing on study participation in general, and study visits in particular. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Brazil | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 139 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 27 | 19% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 16% |
Researcher | 13 | 9% |
Student > Bachelor | 12 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 7% |
Other | 19 | 14% |
Unknown | 37 | 26% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 24% |
Social Sciences | 23 | 16% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 17 | 12% |
Psychology | 13 | 9% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 4% |
Other | 11 | 8% |
Unknown | 37 | 26% |