Predictors of return rate for an HIV-positive result in a French Voluntary Counseling and Testing centre.
Bichat Hospital's free and anonymous Voluntary Counseling and Testing centre in Paris is widely visited, with a high rate of HIV-positive diagnosis. This study proposed, in this centre, to describe the HIV newly-diagnosed patients over an 8-year period and to determinate risk factors for failure to return for a positive result. Higher risk for failure to return was found among the heterosexual subjects regardless of their socio-economic background.
Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.
Golriz
G
Pahlavan
Biostatistics Department, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.
Charles
C
Burdet
Biostatistics Department, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France cedric.laouenan@bch.aphp.fr.
Cédric
C
Laouénan
Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.
Frédérique
F
Guiroy
Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France Dermatology Department, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.
Fabrice
F
Bouscarat
Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.
William
W
Tosini
Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Yazdan
Y
Yazdanpanah
Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center, Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Elisabeth
E
Bouvet
D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D010297:Paris / Q000453:epidemiology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
AIDS; HIV; HIV patient; Voluntary Counseling and Testing centre; diagnosis; failure to return; rapid HIV test