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T1 Factors associated with improvement in disability-adjusted life years in patients with HIV/AIDS
A1 Bermudez Tamayo, Clara
A1 Martínez Tapias, José J
A1 Ruíz Pérez, Isabel
A1 Olry-de-Labry-Lima, Antonio
K1 Síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida
K1 Años de vida ajustados por calidad de vida
K1 Sobrevivientes de VIH a largo plazo
AB BackgroundThe epidemic of HIV/AIDS and treatments that have emerged to alleviate, have brought about a shift in the burden of disease from death to quality of life/disability. The aim was to determine which factors are associated with improvements in the level of health of male and female patients with HIV/AIDS in Andalusia, in terms of disability-adjusted life years. MethodsDescriptive study based on a sample group of 8800 people on the Andalusian AIDS register between 1983 and 2004. Dependent variables: Life lost due to premature mortality (YLL), years lost due to disability (YLD) and disability-adjusted life years (DALY). Independent variables: vital state, sex, age at the time of diagnosis, age at the time of death, transmission category, province of residence, AIDS-indicator disease and the period of diagnosis. A bivariate analysis was carried out to find out if the health level variables changed in accordance with the independent variables. Using the independent variables which had a statistically significant link with the level of health variables, a multivariate linear regression model, disaggregated by gender, was constructed. ResultsAmongst the women, we found a model which explained the level of health of 64.9%: a link was found between a higher level of health (lower DALYs) and not intravenous drug use, the province of residence, being diagnosed during the HAART era and older age at the time of diagnosis. Amongst the men, we found a model which explained the level of health of 64.4%: a link was found between a higher level of health (lower DALYs) and intravenous drug use, the province of residence, being diagnosed during the HAART era and older age at the time of diagnosis. ConclusionA higher level of health (lower DALY) amongst both men and women was found to be linked to not be intravenous drug user, the province of residence, being diagnosed during the HAART era and older age at the time of diagnosis.
PB Biomed Central
YR 2008
FD 2008-10-21
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/295
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/295
LA en
NO Bermudez-Tamayo C, Martínez Tapias JJ, Ruiz-Pérez I, Olry de Labry Lima A. Factors associated with improvement in disability-adjusted life years in patients with HIV/AIDS. BMC Public Health. 2008 Oct 21; 8:362
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