Healthy, HIV Infection
Conditions
Keywords
morbidity, mortality, HIV-infected patients, prospective cohort study, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), opportunistic infections, Non HIV-related illness, cardiovascular disease (CVD), HIV negative patients, Thai HIV-infected patients
Brief summary
1. To describe the morbidity and clinical characteristics among HIV-infected patients and HIV-uninfected patients. 2. To identify the risk factors for the complication or morbidity among HIV-infected patients and HIV-uninfected patients. 3. To describe the mortality among HIV-infected patients and HIV-uninfected patients. 4. To identify the risk factors for the cause of death among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients.
Detailed description
The information obtained from this study would be very important in planning future holistic care of HIV-infected patients in our institutes as well as in national policy. Results from the study could be used to develop proper long-term management guidelines for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Thailand targeted at preventable conditions such as metabolic diseases and certain cancers.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
HIV-infected patients group * HIV positive * 30 years of age or older, both male and female * Thai nationality * Written research informed consent HIV-uninfected patients group * HIV un-infected * 30 years of age or older, both male and female * Thai nationality * Written research informed consent
Exclusion criteria
HIV-infected patients group * Systolic BP ≥ 130 or Diastolic BP ≥ 85mm Hg or on the treatment * Fasting blood sugar \> 126 mg/dl or on the treatment * Proteinuria * Creatinine \> 1.5 mg/dl * Recent hospitalization * Patient who are having mental disease HIV-uninfected patients group * Systolic BP ≥ 130 or Diastolic BP ≥ 85mm Hg or on the treatment * Fasting blood sugar \> 126 mg/dl or on the treatment * Proteinuria * Creatinine \> 1.5 mg/dl * Recent hospitalization * Patient who are having mental disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| morbidity | 60 months | development of other diseases |
| HIV related illness | 60 months | development of opportunistic infection such as Non-Hodkin's lymphoma, Kaposi's sarcoma |
| Non HIV-related illness | 60 months | development of Dyslipidemia, Hypertension, DM, CVD , Cancer, osteopenia, osteoporosis, Renal disease, liver disease |
| mortality | 60 months | death |
| CVD | 60 months | development of CVD |
Countries
Thailand