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KMID : 1038520190410010037
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Epidemiology and Health
2019 Volume.41 No. 1 p.37 ~ p.37
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Epidemiological characteristics of HIV infected Korean: Korea HIV/AIDS Cohort Study
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Choi Yun-Su
Choi Bo-Youl
Kim Soo-Min
Kim Sang-Il
Kim June
Choi Jun-Young
Kim Shin-Woo
Song Joon-Young
Kim Youn-Jeong
Park Dae-Won
Kim Hyo-Youl
Choi Hee-Jung
Kee Mee-Kyung
Shin Young-Hyun
Yoo Myeong-Su
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Abstract
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OBJECTIVES: To manage evidence-based diseases, it is important to identify the characteristics of patients in each country.
METHODS: The Korea HIV/AIDS Cohort Study seeks to identify the epidemiological characteristics of 1,442 Korean individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (12% of Korean individuals with HIV infection in 2017) who visited 21 university hospitals nationwide. The descriptive statistics were presented using the Korea HIV/AIDS cohort data (2006-2016).
RESULTS: Men accounted for 93.3% of the total number of respondents, and approximately 55.8% of respondents reported having an acute infection symptom. According to the transmission route, infection caused by sexual contact accounted for 94.4%, of which 60.4% were caused by sexual contact with the same sex or both males and females. Participants repeatedly answered the survey to decrease depression and anxiety scores. Of the total participants, 89.1% received antiretroviral therapy (ART). In the initial ART, 95.3% of patients were treated based on the recommendation. The median CD4 T-cell count at the time of diagnosis was 229.5 and improved to 331 after the initial ART. Of the patients, 16.6% and 9.4% had tuberculosis and syphilis, respectively, and 26.7% had pneumocystis pneumonia. In the medical history, sexually transmitted infectious diseases showed the highest prevalence, followed by endocrine diseases. The main reasons for termination were loss to follow-up (29.9%) and withdrawal of consent (18.7%).
CONCLUSIONS: Early diagnosis and ART should be performed at an appropriate time to prevent the development of new infection.
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KEYWORD
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HIV, Communicable diseases, AIDS-related opportunistic infections, Antiretroviral therapy highly active
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