Mental health service utilization is associated with retention in care among persons living with HIV at a university-affiliated HIV clinic.

Autor: Saag LA; Division of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University, 2525 West End Ave, Suite 600, Nashville, TN, 37235, USA., Tamhane AR; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 845 19th St. South, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA., Batey DS; Department of Social Work, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 900 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA., Mugavero MJ; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 845 19th St. South, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA., Eaton EF; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 845 19th St. South, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA. eeaton@uabmc.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: AIDS research and therapy [AIDS Res Ther] 2018 Jan 16; Vol. 15 (1), pp. 1. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jan 16.
DOI: 10.1186/s12981-018-0188-9
Abstrakt: Background: Mental health (MH) comorbidities reduce retention in care for persons living with HIV (PLWH) and are associated with poor health outcomes. Optimizing retention in primary care is vital, as poor retention is associated with delayed receipt of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, ARV non-adherence, and poor health outcomes, including failure to suppress viral load, decreased CD4 counts, and clinically significant ARV drug resistance. We hypothesized that MH service utilization would be associated with improved retention in care for patients with HIV and MH comorbidities.
Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of PLWH initiating outpatient HIV health care at a university-affiliated HIV clinic between January 2007 and December 2013. We examined the association between MH service utilization and retention in care, the outcome of interest, using univariate and multivariable logistic regression.
Results: Overall, 627 (84.4%) out of 743 patients were retained in care using the Health Resources & Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA/HAB) metric. A multivariable model adjusted for several sociodemographic factors, MH comorbidities, and MH service utilization. The results suggest that lack of health insurance (public ORadj = 0.3, p < 0.01; no insurance ORadj = 0.4, p < 0.01) and ≥ 3 MH comorbidities (ORadj = 0.3, P = 0.01) were associated with decreased retention in care. Conversely, older age (> 45 years, ORadj. = 1.6, p = 0.14) and ≥ 3 MH service utilization visits (ORadj. = 6.8, p < 0.01) were associated with increased retention in care.
Conclusions: Even in the absence of documented MH comorbidities, improved retention in care was observed with increasing MH service utilization. In order to achieve the US-based National HIV/AIDS Strategy goal of 90% retention in care for PLWH, MH service utilization should be considered along with other evidence-based interventions to improve retention for PLWH newly engaged in care.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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