Socio-Demographic and Behavioral Factors Associated with the Desire to Procreate Among Patients Living with HIV in Gabon
| Autor: | Mireille Patricia Menguet-Abessolo, Marie-Yvonne Akoume, Yvonne Komba-Boussaga, Nora Efire-Emagha, Vincent Guiyedi, Madeleine Okome-Nkoumou, Arnaud Dzeing-Ella, Brice Ongali, Emmanuel Bissagnene |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Socio demographics
Population Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) socio-demographic medicine.disease_cause Article Weight loss Virology Medicine Gabon Hiv transmission education education.field_of_study Behavior business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health fertility desire HIV sero-discordant couples Infectious Diseases Family planning Cohort medicine.symptom Descriptive research business Demography |
| Zdroj: | The Open AIDS Journal |
| ISSN: | 1874-6136 |
| Popis: | The desire to procreate in patients living with HIV (PLHIV) has been seldom investigated in Africa, particularly in Gabon. The aim of this transversal and descriptive study was to analyze the socio-demographic and behavioral factors associated with a desire to have children in a cohort of PLHIV. The study included 442 patients, predominantly females [79.9% (337/422)], and those with a secondary school education [64.2% 271/422)]. The highest prevalence of HIV was found in patients aged 30-39 years old (44.3%), of which 59% (249/422) were unemployed. The desire to have children was noted in 78% (329/422) of patients, of which 82.4% (271/329) were treated with antiretroviral drugs; this was significantly higher in subjects under 40 years versus those over 40 years old [81% (268/329) versus 19% (61/329), p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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