Missed opportunities for HIV testing among patients newly presenting for HIV care at a Swiss university hospital: a retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the frequency of missed opportunities (MOs) among patients newly diagnosed with HIV, risk factors for presenting MOs and the association between MOs and late presentation (LP) to care.

Design

Retrospective analysis.

Setting

HIV outpatient clinic at a Swiss tertiary hospital.

Participants

Patients aged ≥18 years newly presenting for HIV care between 2010 and 2015.

Measures

Number of medical visits, up to 5 years preceding HIV diagnosis, at which HIV testing had been indicated, according to Swiss HIV testing recommendations. A visit at which testing was indicated but not performed was considered an MO for HIV testing.

Results

Complete records were available for all 201 new patients of whom 51% were male and 33% from sub-Sahar

SUBMITTER: Lhopitallier L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6009466 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature