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- Title
The Influence of Trust in Physicians and Trust in the Healthcare System on Linkage, Retention, and Adherence to HIV Care.
- Authors
Graham, James L.; Shahani, Lokesh; Grimes, Richard M.; Hartman, Christine; Giordano, Thomas P.
- Abstract
Lack of trust by the patient in the physicians or the healthcare system has been associated with poorer health outcomes. The present study was designed to determine if trust in physicians and the healthcare system among persons newly diagnosed with HIV infection was predictive of patients' subsequent linkage, retention, and adherence to HIV care. 178 newly diagnosed HIV infected patients were administered the trust-in-physicians and trust-in-healthcare system scales. Median trust-in-physicians and trust-in-healthcare system scores were compared for all the mentioned subsequent linkage, retention, and adherence to HIV care. Univariate logistic regression using the trust-in-physician scale confirmed significant association with retention in care ( p = 0.04), which persisted in multivariate analyses ( p = 0.04). No significant association was found between trust-in-physicians and linkage to care or adherence to antiretroviral therapy. Trust in the healthcare system was not associated with any of the outcomes. Patients with higher trust in physicians were more likely to be retained in HIV care. Trust at diagnosis may not be a barrier to better clinical outcomes, either because trust changes based on subsequent interactions, or because trust is not a determining feature. Interventions to improve retention in care could include improving trust in physicians or target persons with low trust in physicians.
- Subjects
TEXAS; CONFIDENCE intervals; HIV-positive persons; LONGITUDINAL method; PATIENT compliance; PHYSICIAN-patient relations; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
- Publication
AIDS Patient Care & STDs, 2015, Vol 29, Issue 12, p661
- ISSN
1087-2914
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/apc.2015.0156