Prevalence of HIV in mental health service users: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the prevalence of HIV in a cohort of people who have used secondary mental health services in the UK.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Routinely collected clinical data from secondary mental health services in South London, UK available for research through the Clinical Record Interactive Search tool at the National Institute for Health and Care Research Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre were matched with pseudonymised national HIV surveillance data held by the UK Health Security Agency using a deterministic matching algorithm.

Participants

All adults aged 16+ who presented for the first time to mental health services in the South London and Maudsley (SLaM) National Health Service Trust between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 201

SUBMITTER: Heslin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10186409 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature