Espinosa Catherine C, Crim Stacy M, Carree Tamara, Dasgupta Sharoda
Division of HIV Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
DLH Corp, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
LGBT Health. 2024 Feb-Mar;11(2):143-155. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2023.0040. Epub 2023 Oct 18.
Access to ancillary services-including HIV support services, non-HIV clinical services, and subsistence services-can support care engagement and viral suppression and reduce disparities among people with HIV (PWH). We used representative U.S. data to assess differences in unmet needs for ancillary services between transgender women with HIV and other PWH. In addition, we examined associations between unmet needs and clinical outcomes among transgender women. We analyzed 2015-2020 Medical Monitoring Project data among transgender women ( = 362), cisgender men ( = 17,319), and cisgender women ( = 6016) with HIV. We reported weighted percentages for characteristics, and reported adjusted prevalence ratios (aPRs) controlling for race/ethnicity and age, and 95% confidence intervals (CI) using logistic regression with predicted marginal means to assess differences between groups. Among transgender women, unmet needs were highest for dental care (24.9%), shelter or housing (13.9%), and transportation assistance (12.6%). Transgender women were more likely than cisgender men to have unmet subsistence needs. Among transgender women, unmet needs for ancillary services were negatively associated with many clinical outcomes after adjusting for age and race/ethnicity. Unmet needs for subsistence services were associated with higher levels of antiretroviral therapy nonadherence (aPR: 1.39; 95% CI: 1.13-1.70) and detectable viral loads (aPR: 1.47; 1.09-1.98), emergency room visits (aPR: 1.42; 1.06-1.90), and depression (aPR: 2.74; 1.83-4.10) or anxiety (aPR: 3.20; 2.05-5.00) symptoms. Transgender women with HIV were more likely than cisgender men with HIV to experience unmet needs for subsistence services-likely a reflection of substantial socioeconomic disadvantage. Addressing unmet needs is an essential step for improving care outcomes among transgender women with HIV.
获得辅助服务,包括艾滋病毒支持服务、非艾滋病毒临床服务和生活服务,可以促进医疗参与和病毒抑制,并减少艾滋病毒感染者(PWH)之间的差异。我们使用具有代表性的美国数据来评估感染艾滋病毒的跨性别女性与其他艾滋病毒感染者在辅助服务未满足需求方面的差异。此外,我们研究了跨性别女性未满足需求与临床结果之间的关联。我们分析了2015 - 2020年医疗监测项目中感染艾滋病毒的跨性别女性(n = 362)、顺性别男性(n = 17319)和顺性别女性(n = 6016)的数据。我们报告了特征的加权百分比,并报告了控制种族/族裔和年龄的调整患病率比(aPRs),以及使用带有预测边际均值的逻辑回归来评估组间差异的95%置信区间(CI)。在跨性别女性中,牙科护理(24.9%)、住所或住房(13.9%)和交通援助(12.6%)的未满足需求最高。跨性别女性比顺性别男性更有可能存在未满足的生活需求。在跨性别女性中,在调整年龄和种族/族裔后,辅助服务的未满足需求与许多临床结果呈负相关。生活服务的未满足需求与更高水平的抗逆转录病毒治疗不依从性(aPR:1.39;95% CI:1.13 - 1.70)、可检测到的病毒载量(aPR:1.47;1.09 - 1.98)、急诊室就诊(aPR:1.42;1.06 - 1.90)以及抑郁(aPR:2.74;1.83 - 4.10)或焦虑(aPR:3.20;2.05 - 5.00)症状相关。感染艾滋病毒的跨性别女性比感染艾滋病毒的顺性别男性更有可能经历生活服务的未满足需求,这可能反映了巨大的社会经济劣势。满足未满足的需求是改善感染艾滋病毒的跨性别女性护理结果的关键一步。