Foundation of Social Education, Warsaw.
Department of Adults' Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, HIV Outpatient Clinic, Regional Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Warsaw.
Przegl Epidemiol. 2021;75(3):347-354. doi: 10.32394/pe.75.31.
The objective of this study is to conduct a pilot program for self-testing for HIV during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The target population was the partners of newly diagnosed HIV persons. The premise of the program was to offer such partners a test that they could perform in the conditions, at the time, and with the assistance of persons they themselves selected.
The self-test kits were sent to an outpatient clinic providing care for people living with HIV, where, after taking a preliminary history, the physician who treats the newly diagnosed HIV patients handed them over for use by the partner of the patient. Only the persons who reported having relations with their sexual partner were included in the study. Information on whether the partner accepted the test kit and the self-test result were obtained at the subsequent visit.
Between June 2020 and March 2021, the total number of handed out test kits was 48 kits intended for 24 persons, included 11 women, average age of participants: 35, sexual orientation: 20 persons reported heterosexual orientation, two persons reported homosexual orientation, two failed to provide information on their sexual orientation. All persons tested negative. The pilot program found that self-testing kits are a method for HIV screening in partners of newly diagnosed HIV persons that is simple to apply and easy to accept.
本研究旨在 SARS-CoV-2 大流行期间针对 HIV 开展自我检测试点项目。目标人群为新诊断 HIV 感染者的性伴侣。该项目的前提是为这些伴侣提供一种他们可以在自身选择的条件、时间和人员协助下完成的检测。
自测试剂盒被送往一家为 HIV 感染者提供护理的门诊，在初步了解病史后，治疗新诊断 HIV 患者的医生将其交给患者的性伴侣使用。仅纳入那些报告与性伴侣有过性关系的人参与研究。在随后的就诊中，获取了伴侣是否接受了检测试剂盒和自我检测结果的信息。
2020 年 6 月至 2021 年 3 月期间，共发放了 48 个检测试剂盒，每个试剂盒针对一名性伴侣，共涉及 24 人，其中包括 11 名女性，参与者的平均年龄为 35 岁，性取向：20 人报告为异性恋，2 人报告为同性恋，2 人未提供其性取向信息。所有人的检测结果均为阴性。试点项目发现，自我检测试剂盒是一种用于新诊断 HIV 感染者性伴侣的 HIV 筛查方法，简单易用，易于接受。
