Time Between Viral Loads for People With HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients experienced significant care disruptions, including laboratory monitoring. We investigated changes in the time between viral load (VL) checks for people with HIV (PWH) associated with the pandemic.

Setting and methods

This was an observational analysis of VLs of PWH in routine care at a large subspecialty clinic. At pandemic onset, the clinic temporarily closed its onsite laboratory. The exposure was time period (time varying): prepandemic (January 1, 2019-March 15, 2020); pandemic laboratory closed (March 16-July 12, 2020); and pandemic laboratory open (July 13-December 31, 2020). We estimated time from an index VL to a subsequent VL, stratified by whether the index VL was suppressed (≤200 copies/mL). We also calculated cumu

SUBMITTER: El-Nahal WG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9388538 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature