Epidemiological characteristics of HIV infected Korean: Korea HIV/AIDS Cohort Studyopen access
- Authors
- Choi, Yunsu; Choi, Bo Youl; Kim, Soo Min; Kim, Sang Il; Kim, June; Choi, Jun Young; Kim, Shin-Woo; Song, Joon Young; Kim, Youn Jeong; Park, Dae Won; Kim, Hyo Youl; Choi, Hee-Jung; Kee, Mee-Kyung; Shin, Young Hyun; Yoo, Myeongsu
- Issue Date
- Sep-2019
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Keywords
- HIV; Communicable diseases; AIDS-related opportunistic infections; Antiretroviral therapy highly active
- Citation
- EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH, v.41, pp.1 - 9
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH
- Volume
- 41
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 9
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/147223
- DOI
- 10.4178/epih.e2019037
- ISSN
- 1225-3596
- Abstract
- OBJECTIVES
To manage evidence-based diseases, it is important to identify the characteristics of patients in each country.
METHODS
The Korea HIV/AIDS Cohort Study seeks to identify the epidemiological characteristics of 1,442 Korean individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (12% of Korean individuals with HIV infection in 2017) who visited 21 university hospitals nationwide. The descriptive statistics were presented using the Korea HIV/AIDS cohort data (2006-2016).
RESULTS
Men accounted for 93.3% of the total number of respondents, and approximately 55.8% of respondents reported having an acute infection symptom. According to the transmission route, infection caused by sexual contact accounted for 94.4%, of which 60.4% were caused by sexual contact with the same sex or both males and females. Participants repeatedly answered the survey to decrease depression and anxiety scores. Of the total participants, 89.1% received antiretroviral therapy (ART). In the initial ART, 95.3% of patients were treated based on the recommendation. The median CD4 T-cell count at the time of diagnosis was 229.5 and improved to 331 after the initial ART. Of the patients, 16.6% and 9.4% had tuberculosis and syphilis, respectively, and 26.7% had pneumocystis pneumonia. In the medical history, sexually transmitted infectious diseases showed the highest prevalence, followed by endocrine diseases. The main reasons for termination were loss to follow-up (29.9%) and withdrawal of consent (18.7%).
CONCLUSIONS
Early diagnosis and ART should be performed at an appropriate time to prevent the development of new infection.
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