Korea HIV/AIDS Cohort Study: study design and baseline characteristics

• 발행기관: 한국역학회
• 저자명: Bo Youl Choi Jun Yong Choi Sang Hoon Han Sang Il Kim Mee-Kyung Kee Min Ja Kim Shin-Woo Kim Sung Soon Kim Yu-Mi Kim Nam Su Ku Jin-Soo Lee Joo-Shil Lee Yunsu Choi Kyong Sil Park Joon Young Song Jun Hee Woo Moon Won Kang June Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『Epidemiology and Health』40, 1~8쪽, 전체 8쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 면역학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2018.01.01

영문 초록

The number of persons infected by HIV/AIDS has consistently increased in Korea since the first case of HIV/AIDS infection in 1985 and reached 15,208 by 2016. About 1,100 new patients with HIV/ AIDS infections have emerged every year since 2013. In Korea, the Korea HIV/AIDS Cohort Study was established for the evidenced-based prevention, treatment, and effective management of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in December 2006. This study monitored 1,438 patients, who accounted for about 10% of all patients with HIV/AIDS in Korea, for 10 years with the following aims: (1) to develop an administrative system for the establishment of a HIV/AIDS cohort-based study; (2) to standardize methodologies and the case report forms; and (3) to standardize multi-cohort data and develop a data cleaning method. This study aims to monitor at least 1,000 patients (excluding those for whom investigation had been completed) per year (estimated number of patients who can be monitored by January 2018: 939). By December 2016, the sex distribution was 93.3% for men, and 6.7% for women (gender ratio, 13.9:1.0), and 98.9% of all participants were Korean. More than 50.0% of the participants were confirmed as HIV positive after 2006. This study reports competitive, long-term research that aimed to develop policies for the prevention of chronic infectious diseases for patients with HIV. The data collected over the last decade will be used to develop indices for HIV treatment and health promotion.

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INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

MAJOR FINDINGS

DATA ACCESSIBILITY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS

ORCID

REFERENCES

키워드

HIV/AIDS Cohort studies Sexually transmitted diseases Communicable diseases