The HIV Care Cascade for Older Adults in Rural South Africa: A Longitudinal Cohort Study (2014-2019).

ABSTRACT:

Background

As people with HIV grow older, stable engagement in care is essential for healthy aging. We evaluate the HIV care cascade for older adults in rural South Africa at 2 time points cross-sectionally and assess movement in the cascade over time.

Setting

We evaluated the cascade stage at waves 1 (2014-2015) and 2 (2018-2019) of Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDPETH Community in South Africa, a population-based longitudinal cohort study in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

Methods

Biomarker screening defined cascade stages [HIV+/no antiretroviral therapy (ART); ART+/unsuppressed viral load; ART+/suppressed viral load]. Between-wave probability of death, cascade progression, regression, cascade transitions, and sociodemographic predictors

SUBMITTER: Rohr JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11207190 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature