Healthcare Transition Outcomes Among Young Adults With Perinatally Acquired Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young adults with perinatally acquired HIV (YPHIVs) living in the United States are transitioning to adult clinical care, yet there is little information on factors that affect transition outcomes.

Methods

YPHIVs aged ≥18 years in the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) AMP Up cohort approaching or having completed transition from pediatric to adult healthcare were included. Demographic and clinical characteristics and self-reported ability to self-manage healthcare were compared by transition status, and multivariable logistic regression models examined factors associated with satisfaction with, and retention in, adult clinical care (clinic visit within the previous 6 months).

Results

Most of the 455 YPHIVs, regardless of transition status, reported sa

SUBMITTER: Tassiopoulos K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7312217 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature