HIV/AIDS
Conditions
Brief summary
A quasi-experitmental study of the efficacy interventions, including additional HIV care team daily inpatient round and three telephone calls to remind the upcoming clinic appointment, in improving HIV care engagement within 30 days after hospital discharge among HIV-infected patients.
Interventions
Additional HIV care team daily inpatient round and three telephone calls to remind the upcoming clinic appointment. These interventions are specifically added on routine care during the post-intervention period. The routine care does not include the additional round and the three telephone calls and is assessed during the pre-intervention period.
Sponsors
Thammasat University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* HIV-infected patients hospitalized at Thammasat University Hospital during the study period
Exclusion criteria
* The patients who die during admission, are readmitted prior to 30 days after discharge or with incomplete data * Readmission episodes of the same enrolled patients during the study period
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of HIV-infected patients who come to the designated HIV clinic for follow-up within 30 days after hospital discharge divided by the total number of enrolled HIV-infected patients | 30 days |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Factors associated with no follow-up withing 30 days after hospital discharge(analyzed in multivariable logistic regression) | 30 days |
Countries
Thailand
Outcome results
None listed