HIV Prevalence Among Hospitalized Patients at the Main Psychiatric Referral Hospital in Botswana

We examined HIV prevalence among patients 18–49 year olds admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Botswana in 2011 and 2012. The retrospective study analyzed females (F) and males (M) separately, comparing proportions with Chi square test and continuous variables with Wilcoxon rank-sum test, assessing...

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Published in:AIDS and behavior 2018-05, Vol.22 (5), p.1503-1516
Main Authors: Opondo, Philip R., Ho-Foster, Ari R., Ayugi, James, Hatitchki, Bechedza, Pumar, Margo, Bilker, Warren B., Thase, Michael E., Jemmott, John B., Blank, Michael B., Evans, Dwight L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Chi-square test
Emotions
Females
Health Psychology
Health risk assessment
HIV
Hospitalization
Human immunodeficiency virus
Infectious Diseases
Males
Medical referrals
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mood
Original Paper
Patients
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychosis
Public Health
Schizophrenia
Serology
Somatoform disorders
Stress
Vulnerability
Women
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Summary:We examined HIV prevalence among patients 18–49 year olds admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Botswana in 2011 and 2012. The retrospective study analyzed females (F) and males (M) separately, comparing proportions with Chi square test and continuous variables with Wilcoxon rank-sum test, assessing significance at the 5% level. HIV seroprevalence among hospitalized psychiatric patients was much more common among females (53%) compared with males (19%) (p 
ISSN:1090-7165
1573-3254
DOI:10.1007/s10461-017-1878-3