Implementation of a peer support intervention to promote the detection, reporting and management of adverse drug reactions in people living with HIV in Uganda: a protocol for a quasi-experimental study
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Date
2022
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BMJ Open
Abstract
Patients have contributed <1% of
spontaneous adverse drug reaction (ADR) reports in
Uganda’s pharmacovigilance database. Peer support
combined with mobile technologies could empower people
living with HIV (PLHIV) to report ADRs and improve ADR
management through linkage to care. We seek to test the
feasibility and effect of a peer support intervention on ADR
reporting by PLHIV receiving combination antiretroviral
therapy (cART) in Uganda; identify barriers and facilitators
to the intervention; and characterise ADR reporting and
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Keywords
Peer support, Drug reactions, HIV, Quasi-experimental study
Citation
Kiguba R, Ndagije HB, Nambasa V, et al. Implementation of a peer support intervention to promote the detection, reporting and management of adverse drug reactions in people living with HIV in Uganda: a protocol for a quasi-experimental study. BMJ Open 2022;12:e056039. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2021-056039