Sociodemographic and Immunological Profile of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patients in Tribal Population
Aim: To study the sociodemographic and immunological profile of HIV seropositive patients attending antiretroviral therapy (ART) center of a tertiary care hospital. Methodology: This was a retrospective observational study conducted at an ART center of a tertiary care hospital from October 2016 to D...
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| author | Naveen Kumar Dulhani Yasmeen Khan |
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| description | Aim:
To study the sociodemographic and immunological profile of HIV seropositive patients attending antiretroviral therapy (ART) center of a tertiary care hospital.
Methodology:
This was a retrospective observational study conducted at an ART center of a tertiary care hospital from October 2016 to December 2017. It was a retrospective cohort study.
Results:
In our study, the total number of patients was 295. Majority of the patients were between 15 and 45 years of age. Males were 52% and females were 46%, with a male-to-female ratio of 1.3:1. Married tribal patients were the most affected. Majority of the patients were homemakers and nonagricultural workers; larger group belonged to low socioeconomic status. Heterosexual transmission was the commonest route of infection.
Conclusion:
Reproductive age group, low socioeconomic status, illiterate, tribal population, and homemakers were found to be associated with HIV positivity; heterosexual transmission was the commonest mode of infection. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1a7cd5292dbd4354b4b601a8387dccb12025-08-20T03:08:32ZengWolters Kluwer – Medknow PublicationsJournal of Integrated Health Sciences2347-64862347-64942018-01-0161141710.4103/JIHS.JIHS_6_18Sociodemographic and Immunological Profile of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patients in Tribal PopulationNaveen Kumar DulhaniYasmeen KhanAim: To study the sociodemographic and immunological profile of HIV seropositive patients attending antiretroviral therapy (ART) center of a tertiary care hospital. Methodology: This was a retrospective observational study conducted at an ART center of a tertiary care hospital from October 2016 to December 2017. It was a retrospective cohort study. Results: In our study, the total number of patients was 295. Majority of the patients were between 15 and 45 years of age. Males were 52% and females were 46%, with a male-to-female ratio of 1.3:1. Married tribal patients were the most affected. Majority of the patients were homemakers and nonagricultural workers; larger group belonged to low socioeconomic status. Heterosexual transmission was the commonest route of infection. Conclusion: Reproductive age group, low socioeconomic status, illiterate, tribal population, and homemakers were found to be associated with HIV positivity; heterosexual transmission was the commonest mode of infection.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/JIHS.JIHS_6_18antiretroviral therapyheterosexualhuman immunodeficiency virusimmunologicalseropositivitysociodemographic |
| spellingShingle | Naveen Kumar Dulhani Yasmeen Khan Sociodemographic and Immunological Profile of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patients in Tribal Population Journal of Integrated Health Sciences antiretroviral therapy heterosexual human immunodeficiency virus immunological seropositivity sociodemographic |
| title | Sociodemographic and Immunological Profile of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patients in Tribal Population |
| title_full | Sociodemographic and Immunological Profile of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patients in Tribal Population |
| title_fullStr | Sociodemographic and Immunological Profile of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patients in Tribal Population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sociodemographic and Immunological Profile of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patients in Tribal Population |
| title_short | Sociodemographic and Immunological Profile of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patients in Tribal Population |
| title_sort | sociodemographic and immunological profile of human immunodeficiency virus patients in tribal population |
| topic | antiretroviral therapy heterosexual human immunodeficiency virus immunological seropositivity sociodemographic |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/JIHS.JIHS_6_18 |
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