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HIV testing in patients presenting with indicator conditions in outpatient settings: offer and uptake rates, and educational and active interventions
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posted on 2023-06-09, 13:18 authored by Elaney Youssef, Tanjinder Sanghera, Andrew Bexley, Madeleine Hayes, Nicky Perry, Olamide DosekunApproximately 13% of people living with HIV in the UK are undiagnosed which has significant implications in terms of onward transmission and late diagnosis. HIV testing guidelines recommend routine screening in anyone presenting to healthcare with an HIV indicator condition (IC); however, this does not occur routinely. This study aimed to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of using case note prompts highlighting the presence of an IC to increase HIV testing. Clinicians in three outpatient departments received case note prompts either before or after a period of clinician-led identification. Test offer and uptake rates were assessed. A parallel anonymous seroprevalence study estimated the prevalence of undiagnosed HIV. A total of 4191 patients had an appointment during the study period; 608 (14.5%) had an IC. HIV test offer was significantly higher when a prompt was inserted into notes (34.3% versus 3.2%, p?
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- Accepted version
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International Journal of STD and AIDSISSN
0956-4624Publisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
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13Volume
29Page range
1289-1294Department affiliated with
- Primary Care and Public Health Publications
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2018-05-16First Open Access (FOA) Date
2018-05-16First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2018-05-16Usage metrics
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