Brief Report: Mortality After Loss to Follow-Up-A Linkage Study of People Living With HIV in Thailand and Malaysia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Linkage studies have reported high rates of previously unascertained mortality among people living with HIV (PLHIV) who have been lost to follow-up (LTFU). We assessed survival outcomes among PLHIV who were LTFU in Thailand and Malaysia, through linkages to a national death registry or HIV database.

Methods

Data linkages with the national death registry or national HIV database were conducted in 2020 on all PLHIV who met LTFU criteria while enrolled in care at participating HIV clinical sites. LTFU was defined as having no documented clinical contact in the previous year, excluding transfers and deaths. Survival time was analyzed using the Cox regression, stratified by site.

Results

Data linkages were performed for 489 PLHIV who had been LTFU at sites in Ma

SUBMITTER: Jiamsakul A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9588686 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature