Hospitalizations and its related factors in HIV/AIDS patients in Tehran, Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV/AIDS patients are mainly hospitalized for HIV-related diseases and opportunistic infections.ions. This study was performed to determine the causes of hospitalization and its related factors in HIV/AIDS patients in Tehran's Imam Khomeini Hospital during 2009-2012.

Methods

This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. HIV patients admitted to the Imam Khomeini Hospital were included in the study through census method, during the study. Demographic variables, hepatitis co-infection, CD4 count, history of receiving anti- retroviral therapy (ART), cause of admission, length of hospitalization and patient's outcome were recorded. Data were analyzed by SPSS software and by means of Chisquare and Mann Whitney U tests.

Results

During the study, 555 HIV pat

SUBMITTER: Hajiabdolbaghi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4219897 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature