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Partnership status and retention in care among cisgender heterosexual newly diagnosed people with HIV: a cohort study.
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AIDS Care . Sep2023, Vol. 35 Issue 9, p1428-1436. 9p. 1 Diagram, 4 Charts, 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This study examined the role of partnership status (married, unmarried-partnered, and unpartnered) on retention in care among newly diagnosed (2013–2017), cisgender heterosexual people with HIV in Birmingham, Alabama (n = 152). This study evaluated all scheduled HIV primary care provider visits for two years following diagnosis date. A kept-visit measure was calculated such that, if an individual attended ≥1 visit in each of the four 6-month intervals, they were considered to have high visit constancy. A missed-visit measure was categorized as ≥1 no-show vs. 0 no-show for first and second year after diagnosis. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using logistic regression models. Models were adjusted for confounding sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. The study population was 76% Black, 57% male, median age of 37 years. Overall, 65% had high visit consistency and 34.5% had ≥1 no-show in both years. Compared to unpartnered, married individuals had higher visit constancy [AOR (95% CI): 2.88 (1.02, 8.16)]; no differences were observed among unmarried-partnered individuals. No differences in having ≥1 no-show among partnership status groups were observed for either year. These findings suggest potential success of interventions involving a social confidant in optimizing retention in care among newly diagnosed, heterosexual PWH. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HIV infections
*HETEROSEXUALS
*STATISTICS
*KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*SOCIAL support
*VIRAL load
*SEVERITY of illness index
*PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*MENTAL depression
*RESEARCH funding
*MARITAL status
*PATIENT compliance
*ODDS ratio
*LOGISTIC regression analysis
*STATISTICAL models
*DATA analysis software
*DATA analysis
*CISGENDER people
*PSYCHOLOGY of HIV-positive persons
*LONGITUDINAL method
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09540121
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- AIDS Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 165472545
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2022.2050178