Annual and durable HIV retention in care and viral suppression among patients of Peter Ho Clinic, 2013-2017

Debbie Y Mohammed, Lisa Marie Koumoulos, Eugene Martin and Jihad Slim

PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-18

Abstract: Objectives: To determine rates of annual and durable retention in medical care and viral suppression among patients enrolled in the Peter Ho Clinic, from 2013–2017. Methods: This is a retrospective review of medical record data in an urban clinic, located in Newark, New Jersey, a high prevalence area of persons living with HIV. Viral load data were electronically downloaded, in rolling 1-year intervals, in two-month increments, from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2019. Three teams were established, and every two months, they were provided with an updated list of patients with virologic failure. Retention and viral suppression rates were first calculated for each calendar-year. After patients were determined to be retained/suppressed annually, the proportion of patients with durable retention and viral suppression were calculated in two, three, four, five and six-year periods. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize sample characteristics by retention in care, virologic failure and viral suppression with Pearson Chi-square; p-value

Date: 2020
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