在艾滋病毒护理中的保留措施:混合方法研究的协议
Nadia Rehman1, Michael Cristian Garcia2, Aaron Jones1
1Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
PloS one
|February 23, 2024
概括
定义在艾滋病毒护理中的保留对于治疗成功至关重要. 本研究探讨了利益相关者的观点,以制定基于共识的标准定义,以改善艾滋病毒护理测量和结果.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染病研究 传染病研究
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 保持在艾滋病毒护理中对于抗逆转录病毒治疗的坚持,病毒载量抑制和积极的健康结果至关重要.
- 缺少HIV护理保留的标准定义,阻碍了在不同环境中进行一致的报告和比较.
- 缺乏标准化的定义使艾滋病毒护理计划和干预措施的评估变得复杂.
研究的目的:
- 调查各种艾滋病毒护理利益相关者如何定义在艾滋病毒护理中的保留.
- 确定利益相关者的偏好,以衡量在艾滋病毒护理中的保留.
- 为制定普遍接受的艾滋病毒护理保留定义提供信息.
主要方法:
- 采用一个探索性的顺序混合方法设计.
- 定性阶段:20-25次深入采访,对不同艾滋病毒利益相关者进行深入采访.
- 定量阶段:对385名参与者进行的调查,对保留度量的重要性进行评分 (1-7个利克尔特等级);结合调查结果,建立共识框架.
主要成果:
- 定性发现将指导调查工具的开发.
- 定量数据将提供有关不同保留措施所感知的重要性的见解.
- 综合数据将成为建立共识框架的基础.
结论:
- 在这项研究中没有实现全球公认的HIV护理保留的标准定义.
- 与利益相关者一起将采用Delphi技术,以便就标准定义达成共识.
- 开发的框架旨在促进全球公认的关于在艾滋病毒护理中保留的定义.
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