Do Walk Step Reminders Improve Physical Activity in Persons Living With HIV in New York City?-Results From a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Supervised physical activity can increase functional capacity in persons with HIV (PWH); however, aerobic interventions have shown little improvement in overall physical activity in PWH. In response, we sought to assess the effect of wearing a fitness tracker (FitBit) paired with walk step reminders delivered through an mHealth application to improve physical activity and decreasing body mass index among PWH in New York City. There was no significant difference in the frequency of walk steps between participants in the control group and intervention group from baseline to 6-month follow-up.

Efficacy of an mHealth self-management intervention for persons living with HIV: the WiseApp randomized clinical trial.

Importance: Progression of HIV disease, the transmission of the disease, and premature deaths among persons living with HIV (PLWH) have been attributed foremost to poor adherence to HIV medications. mHealth tools can be used to improve antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence in PLWH and have the potential to improve therapeutic success.

Objective: To determine the efficacy of WiseApp, a user-centered design mHealth intervention to improve ART adherence and viral suppression in PLWH.

Use of the FITT framework to understand patients' experiences using a real-time medication monitoring pill bottle linked to a mobile-based HIV self-management app: A qualitative study.

Objective: The purpose of this work was to conduct an in-depth analysis to understand patients' experiences using a real-time medication monitoring pill bottle linked to an HIV self-management app.

Methods: A descriptive qualitative study design was used. In-depth interviews were conducted using a semi-structured interview guide at the 3-month follow-up visit during a trial of the app for improving medication adherence which began in January 2018.

A Multi-step Usability Evaluation of a Self-Management App to Support Medication Adherence in Persons Living with HIV.

Purpose: Adherence to antiretroviral therapy is essential to HIV management and sustaining viral suppression. Despite simplified regimens, adherence remains difficult for certain persons living with HIV (PLWH). There is evidence to support the use of mHealth apps for effective self-management in PLWH; however, a medication adherence app with real-time monitoring for this population has not been developed and rigorously evaluated by PLWH.

In people living with HIV (PLWH), menopause (natural or surgical) contributes to the greater symptom burden in women: results from an online US survey.

Objective: The majority of people living with HIV in the United States are now over the age of 50, but symptom burden research has seldom included older women or the potential role of menopause. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of menopause as part of sex differences in HIV symptom burden.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted that included both a sex-based analysis of previously reported HIV symptom characteristics of 1,342 respondents to an online survey (males, n = 957; female, n = 385) and a follow-up online survey of menstrual bleeding patterns (inferred menopause) in eligible females (n = 242) from the respondent pool.

Characteristics of Persons Living With HIV Who Have Informal Caregivers in the cART Age of the Epidemic.

People living with HIV (PLWH) are aging and many suffer with multimorbidities, making caregiving a relevant and important area of study. The purpose of our study was to understand the occurrence and role of informal caregivers in the current stage of the HIV epidemic. We conducted a Web-based survey with 1,373 PLWH to assess: how many had an informal, unpaid caregiver; the type of relationship with the informal caregiver; and the number of hours the caregiver provided support each day.