Longitudinal association between intimate partner violence and viral suppression during pregnancy and postpartum in South African women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examined the longitudinal association between women's exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV viral load during pregnancy and postpartum.

Design

Secondary analysis of an HIV-positive cohort enrolled during pregnancy at a South African antenatal clinic.

Methods

Viral load was assessed at 10 study visits and analyzed continuously as log10 copies/ml and suppression at less than 50 copies/ml. IPV was measured at three timepoints using behaviorally specific items. We used multivariate logistic regression to examine the association between IPV and viral suppression, and cross-lagged dynamic panel modeling (DPMs) to estimate the longitudinal association between IPV (lagged by 3-6 months) and log10 viral load.

Results

Of 471 women, 84% were vir

SUBMITTER: Hatcher AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7969405 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature