Category Archives: Population(s)
Human immunodeficiency virus prevention for people who use drugs: Overview of reviews and the ICOS of PICOS
BACKGROUND: This article summarizes the results from systematic reviews of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention interventions for people who use drugs (PWUD). We performed an overview of reviews, meta-analysis, meta-epidemiology,...
Prevalence of transfusion transmissible infections in beta-thalassemia major patients in Pakistan: A systematic review
Iý-thalassemia major (TM) is one of the most prevalent inherited hemoglobinopathies in Pakistan. It has one of the highest prevalence of transfusion-dependent TM patients globally, with an estimated greater than...
Health Utility Estimates and Their Application to HIV Prevention in the United States: Implications for Cost-Effectiveness Modeling and Future Research Needs
Objectives. Health utility estimates from the current era of HIV treatment, critical for cost-effectiveness analyses (CEA) informing HIV health policy, are limited. We examined peer-reviewed literature to assess the appropriateness...
Neuropathy complication of antiretroviral therapy in HIV/AIDS patients
OBJECTIVES: Significant pain from HIV-associated sensory neuropathy (HIV-SN) affects 40% of HIV-infected individuals treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART). The most salient symptom of the neuropathy is pain, which frequently is...
Exploring relative preferences for HIV service features using discrete choice experiments: A synthetic review
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Aligning HIV treatment services with patient preferences can promote long-term engagement. A rising number of studies solicit such preferences using discrete choice experiments, but have not been...
Barriers in accessing HIV care for Francophone African, Caribbean and Black people living with HIV in Canada: A scoping review
INTRODUCTION: In 2001, 50%-55% of French-speaking minority communities did not have access to health services in French in Canada. Although Canada is officially a bilingual country, reports indicate that many...
The Medical Outcome Study-HIV Health Survey: A systematic review and reliability generalization meta-analysis
The Medical Outcome Study-HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV) is one of the most used questionnaires for the evaluation of the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in people living with HIV (PLWHIV)...
Association of cardiovascular disease and 10 other pre-existing comorbidities with COVID-19 mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Estimating the risk of pre-existing comorbidities on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality may promote the importance of targeting populations at risk to improve survival. This systematic review and meta-analysis...
The Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among People Living with HIV/AIDS: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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...
Availability, accessibility, and coverage of needle and syringe programs in prisons in the European Union: A multi-stage scoping review
Needle and syringe programs (NSPs) are among the most effective interventions to control infection transmission among people who inject drugs in prisons. This review aimed to evaluate the availability, accessibility,...
Implementation of Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Persons Living with HIV
The widespread availability of highly effective antiretroviral therapies has reduced mortality from opportunistic infections in persons living with HIV (PLHIV), resulting in an increase in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and...
Association of nitrite inhalants use and unprotected anal intercourse and HIV/syphilis infection among MSM in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Nitrite inhalant use is very common among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. However, there is lack of national representative data on use among Chinese MSM,...
