| Literature DB >> 10563561 |
D Wilkinson1, N F Wilkinson, C Connolly.
Abstract
Our objective was to determine the prevalence of HIV infection and disease-specific HIV prevalence among women admitted to the gynaecology service of a district hospital in South Africa over a 3-month period in 1997. This was done with the goal of developing HIV education and counselling services in this setting. HIV status was determined among 196 (96%) of 205 consecutive admissions; 82 (42%) tested HIV positive. The HIV-infected women were younger than the HIV uninfected women (mean age 27 vs 33 years, P=0.001). The disease-specific HIV prevalence was > or = 40% among women who had had abortions, pelvic inflammatory disease, or ectopic pregnancy. The length of hospital stay (mean 5.4 days) and mortality (1%) were similar in the 2 groups. Inpatient gynaecology services may be an important setting in Africa, within which to provide HIV education, counselling and care.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Delivery Of Health Care; Developing Countries; Diseases; English Speaking Africa; Health; Health Facilities; Hiv Infections--women; Hospitals; Infections; Measurement; Prevalence; Reproductive Tract Infections; Research Methodology; Research Report; Sexually Transmitted Diseases--women; South Africa; Southern Africa; Viral Diseases; Women
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Year: 1999 PMID： 10563561 DOI： 10.1258/0956462991913439
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J STD AIDS ISSN： 0956-4624 Impact factor: 1.359