Application value of Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling in dermatology.
- Author:
Ying ZHOU
;
Jun BAO
;
Yue-xin SUN
;
Zhi-yu LI
;
Jun LIU
;
Wen-jun HOU
;
Yue TAO
;
Zhi-xia SHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Counseling; Dermatology; Female; HIV Seropositivity; diagnosis; epidemiology; Humans; Male; Mass Screening; methods; Retrospective Studies; Sex Factors
- From: National Journal of Andrology 2015;21(10):908-912
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo explore the clinical application value of Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) by analyzing the positive rate of HIV tests for people in need of PITC and that of routine HIV tests.
METHODSWe retrospectively analyzed the demographic and epidemiologic data about the patients seeking PITC services or undergoing routine HIV tests in Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital between January and December 2013.
RESULTSThe positive rate of initial HIV screening was 1.98% in the PITC group and 0.24% in the routine test group, while that of confirmed HIV was 0. 40% in the former and 0.07% in the latter, both with statistically significant differences between the two groups (P < 0.01). The positive rate of HIV was markedly higher in males than in females, particularly in the PITC group.
CONCLUSIONPITC has a high clinical value in HIV detection for targeted subjects and therefore deserves general application in dermatology.