Category Archives: Epidemiology and Determinants of Health

ART uptake and adherence among women who use drugs globally: A scoping review

2020

OBJECTIVE: To assess the state of peer-reviewed literature surrounding uptake and adherence of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV-positive women who use drugs (WWUD). METHODS: Consistent with PRISMA-ScR guidelines, we conducted...

Global prevalence and burden of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder: A meta-analysis

2020

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to characterise the prevalence and burden of HAND and assess associated factors in the global population with HIV. METHODS: We searched PubMed and Embase for cross-sectional or...

The Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among People Living with HIV/AIDS: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2020

Numerous studies have reported that the prevalence estimates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) might be substantially high among people with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) when compared to the general population. However, there...

Tools to measure HIV knowledge, attitudes & practices (KAPs) in healthcare providers: A systematic review

2020

Healthcare providers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) related to HIV are important determinants of quality of care provided to HIV/AIDS patients. Most studies have focussed on low- and middle-income countries...

Intestinal parasites and HIV in Ethiopian tuberclosis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

BACKGROUND: The distribution of intestinal parasites among patients with tuberculosis in Ethiopia is not well understood. OBJECTIVE: This systematic review and meta-analysis was designed to determine the pooled national prevalence...

The prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempt among young people with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

Studies have suggested that suicidal ideation and attempt are highly prevalent among young people with HIV/AIDS and have been linked with increased risk of complete suicide. However, thus far, there...

HIV prevalence in primary central nervous system lymphoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

HIV infection is considered a major risk factor for primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL). However, the percentage of PCNSL that occurs in HIVƒ_%+ƒ_%patients is not well defined. We aimed...

Implications of COVID-19 in high burden countries for HIV/TB: A systematic review of evidence

2020

BACKGROUND: The triple burden of COVID-19, tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus is one of the major global health challenges of the twenty-first century. In high burden HIV/TB countries, the spread...

Hepatitis E seroprevalence and viremia rate in immunocompromised patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Hepatitis E is an infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis E virus (HEV). Immunocompromised patients present a particular risk group, as chronification of hepatitis...

Risk of failure in dual therapy versus triple therapy in naive HIV-patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

BACKGROUND: Several attempts have been made to test different drug-sparing strategies to reduce the drug-burden and drug-related toxicities. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the relative risk...

The relationship between potentially traumatic or stressful events, HIV infection and neurocognitive impairment (NCI): A systematic review of observational epidemiological studies

2020

BACKGROUND: HIV/AIDS and potentially traumatic events (PTEs) or stressful life events (SLEs) and/or PTSD are independently associated with neurocognitive impairment (NCI). Literature suggests that HIV and PTE/SLE exposure independently and...

The prevalence of latent and acute toxoplasmosis in HIV-infected pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

OBJECTIVE: HIV in pregnancy is not only important for mother-to-child HIV transmission, but also it assumes additional importance because HIV increases susceptibility to opportunistic infections, leading to increased morbidity and...

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