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December, 2009 | | (12/29) New HIV/AIDS study findings recently were published by D.P. Kidder and co-researchers | In this recent article published in the Jaids - Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To compare drug. alcohol, and sexual HIV transmission risk behaviors of homeless and housed people living with HIV/AIDS. Data were from 8075 respondents in a cross-sectional. multisite behavioral survey of adults recently reported to have HIV infection."
"At interview, 310 respondents (4%) were homeless. Compared with homeless respondents, housed respondents were more likely to be sexually active (past 12 months). However, sexually active homeless respondents had more sex partners (lifetime and past 12 months), greater sex exchange for money or drugs (lifetime and past 12 months). and greater unprotected vaginal or anal sex with an unknown serostatus partner. Homeless respondents were more likely to have possible alcohol abuse (lifetime), used drugs (last 12 months), and injected drugs (lifetime and past 12 months). After controlling for potential confounding variables, housing status remained a significant predictor of number of sex partners (past 12 months). sex exchange (lifetime and past 12 months), unprotected sex with unknown status partner. and all drug and alcohol use variables. Homeless people living with HIV/AIDS are more likely to have ever or recently engaged in substance use and HIV transmission risk behaviors,! " wrote D.P. Kidder and colleagues.
The researchers concluded: "Findings underscore the need to provide HIV prevention services to homeless persons and address their housing needs." Kidder and colleagues published their study in Jaids - Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (Housing Status and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Homeless and Housed Persons With HIV. Jaids - Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2008;49(4):451-455).
~News RX.com - 12/28/2008
| | | | (12/29) New hepatitis C virus quality of care study results reported from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University | Current study results from the report, 'Deterioration of health-related quality of life and fatigue in patients with chronic hepatitis C: Association with demographic factors, inflammatory activity, and degree of fibrosis,' have been published. "Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is impaired in patients with chronic hepatitis C. We investigated HRQoL and fatigue in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in relation to the degree of fibrosis and inflammation, and controlled for the influence of relevant demographic and medical variables," scientists in Frankfurt, Germany report.
"We conducted a cross-sectional two-center study including 215 outpatients with chronic hepatitis C applying the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the Fatigue Impact Scale (FIS-D). The contribution to the variability of these psychometric scores was evaluated for the degree of fibrosis as well as viremia, gender, age, mode of transmission, genotype, and ALT. There was a strong negative association between the degree of liver fibrosis and the physical SF-36 summary score (p=0.016). This was independent of the covariate age, also significantly predicting physical HRQoL (p=0.001). The absolute FIS score was significantly increased in patients with advanced fibrosis (p=0.043). In females, mental SF-36 summary score (p=0.007) and fatigue (p=0.017) were significantly more impaired. Our study suggests a significant association of physical aspects of HRQoL and fatigue with the extent of fibrosis," wrote G. Teuber and colleagues, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University.
~HCV Advocate - 12/29/2008 | | |
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