MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda.
The AIDS Support Organization, Kampala, Uganda.
BMJ Open. 2021 Nov 2;11(11):e053412. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053412.
BACKGROUND: HIV, diabetes and hypertension have a high disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa. Healthcare is organised in separate clinics, which may be inefficient. In a cohort study, we evaluated integrated management of these conditions from a single chronic care clinic. OBJECTIVES: To determined the feasibility and acceptability of integrated management of chronic conditions in terms of retention in care and clinical indicators. DESIGN AND SETTING: Prospective cohort study comprising patients attending 10 health facilities offering primary care in Dar es Salaam and Kampala. INTERVENTION: Clinics within health facilities were set up to provide integrated care. Patients with either HIV, diabetes or hypertension had the same waiting areas, the same pharmacy, were seen by the same clinical staff, had similar provision of adherence counselling and tracking if they failed to attend appointments. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Retention in care, plasma viral load. FINDINGS: Between 5 August 2018 and 21 May 2019, 2640 patients were screened of whom 2273 (86%) were enrolled into integrated care (832 with HIV infection, 313 with diabetes, 546 with hypertension and 582 with multiple conditions). They were followed up to 30 January 2020. Overall, 1615 (71.1%)/2273 were female and 1689 (74.5%)/2266 had been in care for 6 months or more. The proportions of people retained in care were 686/832 (82.5%, 95% CI: 79.9% to 85.1%) among those with HIV infection, 266/313 (85.0%, 95% CI: 81.1% to 89.0%) among those with diabetes, 430/546 (78.8%, 95% CI: 75.4% to 82.3%) among those with hypertension and 529/582 (90.9%, 95% CI: 88.6 to 93.3) among those with multimorbidity. Among those with HIV infection, the proportion with plasma viral load <100 copies/mL was 423(88.5%)/478. CONCLUSION: Integrated management of chronic diseases is a feasible strategy for the control of HIV, diabetes and hypertension in Africa and needs evaluation in a comparative study.
背景:在撒哈拉以南非洲,艾滋病毒、糖尿病和高血压的疾病负担很高。医疗保健是在单独的诊所进行组织的,这可能效率低下。在一项队列研究中,我们从单一的慢性护理诊所评估了这些疾病的综合管理。
目的:根据保留护理和临床指标,确定综合管理慢性病的可行性和可接受性。
设计和设置:包括在达累斯萨拉姆和坎帕拉的 10 个提供初级保健的卫生设施就诊的患者的前瞻性队列研究。
干预措施:在卫生设施内设立诊所,提供综合护理。患有艾滋病毒、糖尿病或高血压的患者有相同的等候区、相同的药房、由相同的临床工作人员进行检查、如果未能预约就诊,提供类似的遵医嘱咨询和跟踪服务。
主要结局测量:保留护理,血浆病毒载量。
结果:2018 年 8 月 5 日至 2019 年 5 月 21 日,共筛查了 2640 名患者,其中 2273 名(86%)被纳入综合护理(832 名艾滋病毒感染者、313 名糖尿病患者、546 名高血压患者和 582 名患有多种疾病的患者)。他们被随访至 2020 年 1 月 30 日。总体而言,1615 名(71.1%)/2273 名患者为女性,1689 名(74.5%)/2266 名患者已接受护理 6 个月或更长时间。艾滋病毒感染者中有 686/832 人(82.5%,95%CI:79.9%至 85.1%)保留在护理中,糖尿病患者中有 266/313 人(85.0%,95%CI:81.1%至 89.0%),高血压患者中有 430/546 人(78.8%,95%CI:75.4%至 82.3%),患有多种疾病的患者中有 529/582 人(90.9%,95%CI:88.6%至 93.3%)。在艾滋病毒感染者中,有 423 人(88.5%)/478 人的血浆病毒载量<100 拷贝/mL。
结论:综合管理慢性病是控制非洲艾滋病毒、糖尿病和高血压的可行策略,需要在比较研究中进行评估。
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