Mother to child human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission: what HIV-infected women think. Our experience in Rome, Italy

Objectives: To investigate the knowledge of the risk of HIV vertical transmission as well as the feeling about the new therapy in reducing that rate. Methods: We included 152 HIV-infected women. A self reported questionnaire was administered from September to December 2000. Results: About the risk r...

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Published in:International journal of STD & AIDS 2002-08, Vol.13 (8), p.551-553
Main Authors: VISCONTI, E, PASTORE CELENTANO, Lucia, MARINACI, Salvatore, SCOPPETTUOLO, Giancarlo, TAMBURRINI, Enrica
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
AIDS/HIV
Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Female
HIV Infections - psychology
HIV Infections - transmission
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - prevention & control
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - psychology
Rome
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Summary:Objectives: To investigate the knowledge of the risk of HIV vertical transmission as well as the feeling about the new therapy in reducing that rate. Methods: We included 152 HIV-infected women. A self reported questionnaire was administered from September to December 2000. Results: About the risk rate of transmitting HIV to their baby, 21 (13.8%) women indicated 100%; 67 (44.1%) 50-80%; 35 (23%) 10-50% and only 22 women (14.5%) answered the correct value of less than 5%. Regarding the effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy, 82 women (53.9%) considered therapy effective in reducing vertical HIV transmission, while 63 women (41.4%) considered therapy powerless in preventing mother to child HIV transmission. Any statistically significant difference in sociodemographic, clinical, viroimmunological characteristics and antiretroviral therapy emerged between the groups. Conclusions: Our data highlight the importance of providing appropriate counselling about perinatal HIV transmission to all childbearing age HIV infected women.
ISSN:0956-4624
1758-1052
DOI:10.1258/095646202760159675