Linkage to HIV care following diagnosis in the WHO European Region: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2006-2017

被引：27

作者：

Croxford, Sara ^{[1
,2
]}

Yin, Zheng ^{[1
,4
]}

Burns, Fiona ^{[2
,3
]}

Copas, Andrew ^{[2
,5
]}

Town, Katy ^{[1
,2
]}

Desai, Sarika ^{[1
]}

Skingsley, Andrew ^{[1
]}

Delpech, Valerie ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Publ Hlth England, Ctr Infect Dis Surveillance & Control, London, England

[2] UCL, Inst Global Hlth, Ctr Populat Res Sexual Hlth & HIV, London, England

[3] Royal Free London NHS Fdn Trust, London, England

[4] Evidera, Dept Real World Evidence, London, England

[5] GlaxoSmithKline, Dept Res & Dev, Global Hlth, London, England

来源：

PLOS ONE | 2018年 / 13卷 / 02期

关键词：

RETENTION; SERVICES; HEALTH; MEN; SEX;

D O I：

10.1371/journal.pone.0192403

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Background Timely linkage to care after HIV diagnosis is crucial as delayed access can result in poor patient outcomes. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesise the evidence to achieve a better understanding of what proportion of patients are linked to care and what factors impact linkage. Methods Systematic searches were run in six databases up to the end of February 2017. The grey literature was also reviewed. Inclusion criteria were: sample size >= 50 people (aged >= 15), from the WHO European Region, published 2006-2017 and in English. Linkage to care was defined as a patient seen for HIV care after diagnosis. Study selection, data extraction and quality assurance were performed by two independent reviewers. Random-effects meta-analysis was carried out to summarise linkage to care within three months of diagnosis. Results Twenty-four studies were included; 22 presented linkage to care data and seven examined factors for linkage. Linkage among 89,006 people in 19 countries was captured. Meta-analysis, restricted to 12 studies and measuring prompt linkage within three months, gave a pooled estimate of 85% (95% CI: 75%-93%). Prompt linkage was higher in studies including only people in care (94%; 95% CI: 91%-97%) than in those of all new diagnoses (71%; 95% CI: 50%-87%). Heterogeneity was high across and within strata (>99%). Factors associated with delaying or not linking to care included: acquiring HIV through heterosexual contact/injecting drug use, younger age at diagnosis, lower levels of education, feeling well at diagnosis and diagnosis outside an STI clinic. Conclusion Overall, linkage to care was high, though estimates were lower in studies with a high proportion of people who inject drugs. The high heterogeneity between studies made it challenging to synthesise findings. Studies should adopt a standardised definition with a three month cut-off to measure prompt linkage to care to ensure comparability.

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