Kasamba, I;
Nash, S;
Shahmanesh, M;
Baisley, K;
Todd, J;
Kamacooko, O;
Mayanja, Y;
... Weiss, HA; + view all
(2019)
Missed Study Visits and Subsequent HIV Incidence Among Women in a Predominantly Sex Worker Cohort Attending a Dedicated Clinic Service in Kampala, Uganda.
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
, 82
(4)
pp. 343-354.
10.1097/QAI.0000000000002143.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence on the relationship between sustained exposure of female sex workers (FSWs) to targeted HIV programmes and HIV incidence. We investigate the relationship between the number of missed study visits (MSVs) within each episode of 2 consecutively attended visits (MSVs) and subsequent HIV risk in a predominantly FSW cohort. // METHODS: Women at high risk of HIV are invited to attend an ongoing dedicated clinic offering a combination HIV prevention intervention in Kampala, Uganda. Study visits are scheduled once every 3 months. The analysis included HIV-seronegative women with ≥1 follow-up visit from enrollment (between April 2008 and May 2017) to August 2017. Cox regression models were fitted adjusted for characteristics on sociodemographic, reproductive, behavioral, and sexually transmitted infections (through clinical examination and serological testing for syphilis). // FINDINGS: Among 2206 participants, HIV incidence was 3.1/100 (170/5540) person-years [95% confidence interval (CI): 2.6 to 3.5]. Incidence increased from 2.6/100 person-years (95% CI: 2.1 to 3.2) in episodes without a MSV to 3.0/100 (95% CI: 2.2 to 4.1) for 1-2 MSVs and 4.3/100 (95% CI: 3.3 to 5.6) for ≥3 MSVs. Relative to episodes without a MSV, the hazard ratios (adjusted for confounding variables) were 1.40 (95% CI: 0.93 to 2.12) for 1-2 MSVs and 2.00 (95% CI: 1.35 to 2.95) for ≥3 MSVs (P-trend = 0.001). // CONCLUSION: Missing study visits was associated with increased subsequent HIV risk. Although several factors may underlie this association, the finding suggests effectiveness of targeted combination HIV prevention. But exposure to targeted interventions needs to be monitored, facilitated, and sustained in FSWs.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Missed Study Visits and Subsequent HIV Incidence Among Women in a Predominantly Sex Worker Cohort Attending a Dedicated Clinic Service in Kampala, Uganda |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002143 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000002143 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC), where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work, provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal. |
| Keywords: | HIV, HIV incidence, missed study visits, female sex workers, sub-Saharan Africa |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health > Infection and Population Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10085222 |
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