Lost to follow-up: a challenge over 10 years.
HIV
gap in care
lost to follow up
retention in care
Journal
AIDS care
ISSN: 1360-0451
Titre abrégé: AIDS Care
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8915313
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2021
12 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
28
11
2020
medline:
3
2
2022
entrez:
27
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The loss of patients to follow up is a major issue related to HIV management. Our research was aimed to evaluate, in a single Italian centre, the rate of patients lost to follow-up (LFU) over 10 years, to describe their socio-demographic and clinical features, and to identify predictors of disengagement from care. Between 2008 and 2017, 563 subjects were LFU. Over the years, the proportion of LFU on the number of patients followed per year, decreased from 6.5% in 2008 to 4.8% in 2017 (
Identifiants
pubmed: 33242983
doi: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1852159
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM