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OPEN & ACTIVE DIALOGUE

Open and active dialogue between people living with HIV and HCPs

Open and active dialogue with HCPs can help people living with HIV to identify concerns around their health goals and care.[1,2] In Positive Perspectives Wave 2, up to 77% (1,847/2,389) of people living with HIV reported more than one issue they felt uncomfortable discussing with their HCP.[1]

Open conversations with HCPs help people living with HIV to feel empowered, educated and informed about their care. Additionally, they support people living with HIV to engage with their care and could help people living with HIV to thrive with good HRQoL.[1,4–7] Data from Positive Perspectives Wave 2 highlighted the link between self-reported HCP engagement and improved health outcomes:[1,8]

High self-reported HCP engagement among people living with HIV is associated with optimal self-reported overall health and treatment satisfaction[1]

Adapted from Positive Perspectives Study, Wave 2 Results Report[1]

How could open and active dialogue with HCPs help people living with HIV to thrive?

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The Positive Perspectives Wave 2 study was sponsored by ViiV Healthcare.

This study could not have been completed without people living with HIV who have generously shared their time, experiences, and bodies, for the purposes of this research. Much of the fight against HIV and AIDS relies upon people living with HIV continuing to put themselves forward and this research and our fight against HIV and AIDS is indebted to those past and present.

References:

  1. ViiV Healthcare. Positive Perspectives Study, Wave 2 Results Report. June 2021. Available at: https://viivhealthcare.com/content/dam/cf-viiv/viiv-healthcare/en_GB/files/030821-updated-pp2-report-approved.pdf Accessed April 2024.
  2. de Los Rios P et al. AIDS Behav. 2021; 25(3): 961–72.
  3. Okoli C et al. Putting the heart back into HARRT: Greater HCP-patient engagement is associated with better health outcomes among persons living with HIV (PLHIV) on treatment. Presented at IAC 2020, July 6–10; Virtual.
  4. Allan B et al. Popul Med. 2021; 31: 1–14.
  5. Lazarus JV et al. Nat Commun. 2021; 12(1): 4450.
  6. Flickinger TE et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013; 63(3): 362–6.
  7. Dawson-Rose C et al. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2016 27(5), 574–584.
  8. Okoli C et al. AIDS Behav. 2021; 25(5): 1384–95 (including supplement).

NP-AU-HVX-WCNT-220003 | Date of preparation: April 2024.