Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV epidemic and testing in the Czech Republic in 2020

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11310/22:10452110 RIV/00064211:_____/22:W0000019

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.2174/1570162X20666220801142503" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.2174/1570162X20666220801142503</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570162X20666220801142503" target="_blank" >10.2174/1570162X20666220801142503</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV epidemic and testing in the Czech Republic in 2020

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic determines the functioning of the healthcare system. The epidemic of HIV infection depends heavily on the effectiveness of the health system and its ability to test and deliver prevention and treatment.This study aims to determine the consequences of this pandemic on the development of HIV infection testing in the Czech Republic. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study analyzed data for two infectious diseases, HIV (2020 and 2015-2019) and COVID-19 (2020), in the Czech Republic. For the statistical comparison of 2020 with the earlier period, the incidence rate ratio (IRR) and Poisson regression methods were used. Monthly HIV and COVID-19 indicators for 2020 were analyzed using correlation analysis. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: A significant difference was observed only in April (IRR = 0.81; p = 0.046) and July (IRR = 1.27; p = 0.023) between the number of HIV tests performed in each month in 2020 and the control period (average for the same months of the period 2015-2019).Significant differences between the observed periods were further identified for testing reasons. Correlation analysis of the number of tests performed on HIV and COVID-19 after 2020 showed a negative relationship (r = -0.261, p = 0.412). CONCLUSION: The study did not confirm statistically significant differences between the number of HIV tests performed in the pandemic year 2020 compared to the previous period, except for two months. The incidence and number of newly diagnosed cases did not differ statistically significantly from previous years (2015-2019).

Název v anglickém jazyce

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV epidemic and testing in the Czech Republic in 2020

Popis výsledku anglicky

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic determines the functioning of the healthcare system. The epidemic of HIV infection depends heavily on the effectiveness of the health system and its ability to test and deliver prevention and treatment.This study aims to determine the consequences of this pandemic on the development of HIV infection testing in the Czech Republic. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study analyzed data for two infectious diseases, HIV (2020 and 2015-2019) and COVID-19 (2020), in the Czech Republic. For the statistical comparison of 2020 with the earlier period, the incidence rate ratio (IRR) and Poisson regression methods were used. Monthly HIV and COVID-19 indicators for 2020 were analyzed using correlation analysis. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: A significant difference was observed only in April (IRR = 0.81; p = 0.046) and July (IRR = 1.27; p = 0.023) between the number of HIV tests performed in each month in 2020 and the control period (average for the same months of the period 2015-2019).Significant differences between the observed periods were further identified for testing reasons. Correlation analysis of the number of tests performed on HIV and COVID-19 after 2020 showed a negative relationship (r = -0.261, p = 0.412). CONCLUSION: The study did not confirm statistically significant differences between the number of HIV tests performed in the pandemic year 2020 compared to the previous period, except for two months. The incidence and number of newly diagnosed cases did not differ statistically significantly from previous years (2015-2019).

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

30303 - Infectious Diseases

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Current HIV Research

ISSN

1570-162X

e-ISSN

1873-4251

Svazek periodika

20

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

5

Stát vydavatele periodika

AE - Spojené arabské emiráty

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

350-357

Kód UT WoS článku

000901223400002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85143289655