Profiles of attendees in voluntary counseling and testing centers of a medical college hospital in coastal Karnataka

Jayarama, Srividya; Shenoy, Shaliny; Unnikrishnan, Bhaskaran; Ramapuram, John T; Rao, Manjula

doi:10.4103/0970-0218.39243

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“…These findings are similar to the study conducted by Jayaram S et al 6 and to that of the study conducted by Safren SA et al (17%) 7 though the number of subjects with primary education was lesser than those with secondary education and above. In our study, 43.3% of the subjects were from outside Dakshina Kannada District.…”

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A profile of patients attending an Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART) centre at a tertiary care hospital in South India

Badiger

Thapar

Mithra

et al. 2010

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BackgroundAn estimated 2.5 million Indians are currently living with HIV. In 2004, the Indian government began providing free antiretroviral therapy (ART), through ART centers. This was conducted to assess the socio-demographic and clinical profile, opportunistic infection and treatment pattern of ART center attendees. MethodThis record based cross sectional study was conducted at District Government Wenlock hospital, one of the teaching hospitals attached to Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, India. The hospital caters to patients from within and the neighbouring districts. Records of 233 seropositives were analyzed for a period of six months in 2008. ResultsAmong 233 seropositives, 150 (64.4%) were males, 51.5% were aged 30-40 years and 58.4% were married. 50.7% of the subjects were from Dakshina Kannada district. 84.1% of the attendees had availed the services through Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre (VCTC) and 68.7% of the study subjects were in "working" and as per the WHO staging, 51.1% were in stage 3. Tuberculosis (32.3%) and diarrhoea (21%) were the most common opportunistic infections and 54.1% of the subjects received ART regimen 3. There was significant improvement in CD4 count, bodyweight and functional status of the subjects after receiving the ART on an average for 6 months. ConclusionThe economically productive & sexually active people and those with lesser education are at higher risk of becoming seropositive. TB and diarrhoea continue to be the most common opportunistic infection. The subjects showed significant improvement after receiving ART with respect to the CD4 count and average body weight.

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A profile of patients attending an Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART) centre at a tertiary care hospital in South India

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Thapar

Mithra

et al. 2010

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“…The distribution according to educational status showed that the seropositivity was higher among the subjects with lesser education. These findings are similar to the study conducted by Jayaram et al 8 in Karnataka, India. Low education status and less awareness regarding safe sex can be the reason for high prevalence among this group of people.…”

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Clinico-epidemiological profile of HIV patients attending ART centre in rural Western Maharashtra, India

Deshpande

Giri

Phalke

2013

SE Asia J. Pub. Health

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HIV infection represents a major public health problem for both developing and developed countries as it has grown to pandemic proportions worldwide. Spectrum of clinical presentation of HIV can vary with geographical distribution, socioeconomic and cultural environment. The aim of this study was to examine the socio-demographic characteristics, clinical presentations of HIV/AIDS patients, opportunistic infections and the possible risk factors for acquiring HIV infection. A cross sectional study was conducted from March to September, 2011 at an antiretroviral therapy (ART) centre of a rural tertiary care hospital, situated in Maharashtra state of India. History and physical examination was done and recorded on a pre-designed schedule which included the socio-demographic and clinical profile of the patients. More than half of the subjects were in economically productive age group and male patients 166 (53.4%) outnumbered the female patients 145 (46.6%). There was a predominance of patients from rural locations nearby the present ART centre. The patients were having low level of literacy and were from the lower middle and lower socio-economic classes. Among the spouses of male patients, 65 (44.8%) were HIV positive and among the spouses of female patients, 52 (35.7%) were HIV positive. Commonest mode of acquiring the infection was through heterosexual contact. Tuberculosis (62%) was the most common opportunistic infection. As per the WHO staging, 132 (42.5%) patients were in stage 3. Combination of behavioral risk factors and unawareness is responsible for rapid spread of HIV/AIDS. People with high-risk behavior and spouses of affected patients need to be educated for primary and secondary prevention.

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“…4 High number of married persons having HIV/AIDS was also reported by Jayrama et al (70.3%). 8 This clearly indicates that most of the females get infection from their husbands. These labourers usually stay away from their families for long duration, get involved in promiscuous behaviour and get infected with HIV.…”

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Profile of HIV positive clients: an ICTC record based retrospective study

Dutt¹,

Chaudhuri²,

Goswami³

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Deaths in productive age group due to HIV/AIDS have damaging impact on families and communities, skills are lost, workforce shrinks & children's are orphaned. Our study reports the socio-demographic characteristics of HIV/ AIDS clients from one of the Integrated Counselling & Testing Centre (ICTC) situated at Amtala, West Bengal. This will give us an insight on the distribution of various epidemiological characteristics of the HIV positive clients in this region thus help in formulating strategies for effective implementation of its prevention. The objective was to study socio-demographic profile and risk behavior pattern of HIV positive clients attending ICTC.Methods: It was an observational study cross sectional in design. Records of last eight years of HIV positive clients were accessed from ICTC centre at Amtala hospital, rural training centre, Department of community medicine, ESI PGIMSR medical college, Joka, Kolkata. Data was entered in SPSS for Windows version 20 software. Data was presented in percentages, mean with standard deviation etc.Results: Retrospective record of 62 HIV positive clients was studied, of them 37 were males (5 pediatric cases) and 25 females (7 ANC).Excluding pediatric clients, mean age of clients was 32 years. It was observed that majority of clients were illiterate and were on daily wages. Except one male client who was homosexual rest were heterosexual. Majority of clients 71.9% males and 92% females were married, of them 45.3% males and 34.7% females were sero concordant with their spouse. Seventeen subjects were co infected with TB.Conclusions: HIV sero prevalence rate has inverse relation with literacy level. Majority of male clients were daily wagers who act as link between high risk populations to general population i.e. their spouse, which in turn can pass on the infection to her baby. Lack of knowledge on mode of spread and preventive measures against HIV infection devastate the families making many children orphaned. There is need to carry out intense IEC activities for behavior change at grass root level.

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Profiles of attendees in voluntary counseling and testing centers of a medical college hospital in coastal Karnataka

Cited by 16 publications

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A profile of patients attending an Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART) centre at a tertiary care hospital in South India

A profile of patients attending an Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART) centre at a tertiary care hospital in South India

Clinico-epidemiological profile of HIV patients attending ART centre in rural Western Maharashtra, India

Profile of HIV positive clients: an ICTC record based retrospective study

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