"Development in well-being and social function among Danish hemophilia patients with HIV: a three-wave panel study spanning 24 years".

ABSTRACT:

Background

Between 1975 and 1985 a total of 91 Danish patients with moderate and severe hemophilia (PWH) was infected with HIV constituting a major scandal in the Danish health care system. This study describes the burden of HIV infection among Danish PWH by evaluating changes from 1988 to 2012 in well-being, social function, experiencing stigma and openness about disease among Danish HIV⁺ PWH.

Methods

Three anonymous surveys were conducted in 1988, 2001 and 2012 targeting all Danish patients with moderate to severe hemophilia. Survey responses were received from 53, 21 and 18 HIV⁺ PWH respectively. A matched comparison sample of HIV^- PWH was identified for each survey-year, using propensity score matching. Differences for each survey-year an

SUBMITTER: Ingvorsen EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6923887 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature