Prospective association of social circumstance, socioeconomic, lifestyle and mental health factors with subsequent hospitalisation over 6-7 year follow up in people living with HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Predictors of hospitalisation in people with HIV (PLHIV) in the contemporary treatment era are not well understood.

Methods

This ASTRA sub-study used clinic data linkage and record review to determine occurrence of hospitalisations among 798 PLHIV from baseline questionnaire (February to December 2011) until 1 June 2018. Associations of baseline social circumstance, socioeconomic, lifestyle, mental health, demographic and clinical factors with repeated all-cause hospitalisation from longitudinal data were investigated using Prentice-Williams-Peterson models. Associations were also assessed in 461 individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) with viral load ≤50 copies/ml and CD4 count ≥500 cells/ µl.

Findings

Rate of hospitalisation was 5.8/100 person-years (

SUBMITTER: Rein SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7846674 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature