Kaplan Richard, Orrell Catherine, Zwane Eugene, Bekker Linda-Gail, Wood Robin
The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute for Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
AIDS. 2008 Aug 20;22(13):1679-81. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32830ebcee.
In a retrospective cohort analysis, loss to follow-up and mortality rates were compared between pregnant and nonpregnant women referred to a community-based antiretroviral treatment program in South Africa. Although there was no significant difference in adjusted mortality rates between the two groups, the pregnant women had a substantially higher risk of loss to follow-up both pretreatment and on-treatment. This finding highlights the need for programmatic interventions to address retention in care for this patient population.
在一项回顾性队列分析中,对南非一个社区抗逆转录病毒治疗项目中接受治疗的孕妇和非孕妇的失访率和死亡率进行了比较。尽管两组经调整后的死亡率没有显著差异,但孕妇在治疗前和治疗期间的失访风险显著更高。这一发现凸显了采取计划性干预措施以解决该患者群体治疗留存问题的必要性。