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Predictors of PrEP Retention and Attrition in an Urban Publicly Funded Safety-net Specialty Clinic.
- Source :
- AIDS & Behavior; Aug2024, Vol. 28 Issue 8, p2598-2606, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective tool for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention. The purpose of this study is to identify correlates of PrEP retention using patient data from an urban, publicly funded safety-net clinic in Washington, DC. Cox proportional hazards regression, logistical regression, and survival curves were used to assess the association of age, gender, race/ethnicity, insurance, number of partners, and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis at PrEP initiation with time on PrEP. From August 2016-December 2020, 1,126 people were prescribed PrEP - patients were mostly Black (44.8%) or Latinx (30.4%) and identified as cisgender men (84.6%). Half had no insurance (49.1%), with the remaining patients reporting private (28.9%) or public (21.5%) insurance. Age at PrEP prescription ranged from 15 to 66 with 80% being 20 to 39 years. For the 87.7% (n = 987) of patients who discontinued PrEP, mean PrEP time was 158 days and median was 28 days. The highest rates of discontinuation were observed within the first month with 44.3% discontinuing by day 30, 52.3% by 3 months, and 73.2% by 1 year. Cisgender women, transgender persons, and those younger than 30 years were more likely to discontinue PrEP. Latinx and patients with less than 3 male partners in the last 90 days were less likely to discontinue PrEP. We demonstrated a high level of PrEP uptake among populations disproportionally affected by HIV. Future analyses are needed to examine ways of reducing barriers to PrEP initiation and improving PrEP adherence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CLINICAL drug trials
SEXUALLY transmitted disease diagnosis
PATIENT compliance
SEXUAL partners
MEDICAL prescriptions
RESEARCH funding
LOGISTIC regression analysis
HEALTH insurance
TERMINATION of treatment
HISPANIC Americans
AGE distribution
PRE-exposure prophylaxis
CLINICS
PROPORTIONAL hazards models
TIME
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10907165
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- AIDS & Behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178677552
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-024-04378-z