HIV testing uptake and acceptability in an inner city polyclinic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21111672 |
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| Authors | J Ashby (a St Mary's Hospital , Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust , London , UK, corresponding author), B Braithewaite (b Hammersmith Hospital , Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust , London , UK), John Walsh (0000-0002-2510-8734, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust), Shamini Gnani (0000-0001-6246-9590, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust), Sarah Fidler (0000-0003-1676-7583, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust), Graham Cooke (0000-0001-6475-5056, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 905-909 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AIDS Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09540121.2011.647675 |
| PMID | 22272938 |
| OpenAlex | W2078526332 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Up to 33% of HIV-infected adults in the UK remain undiagnosed and efforts to increase HIV testing are underway. HIV testing was conducted amongst individuals presenting to a polyclinic at a central London hospital using a point of care test. Demographic and HIV risk data was collected along with a patient feedback questionnaire exploring acceptability of the HIV testing experience. Seventy-one out of 93 (76%) individuals accepted HIV testing. Of those accepting HIV testing, 53/71 (75%) had never previously tested for HIV despite, 45/53 (85%) of these being registered with a GP. Twenty-seven out of 71 (38%) of individuals testing had at least one risk factor associated with HIV acquisition, and of these 17/27 (63%) had never previously tested for HIV infection. There were no new HIV positive diagnoses during the period of testing. Respondents indicated a high level of satisfaction with the service and more than 85% found the service to be helpful, educational and convenient. This small proof of concept pilot showed uptake of HIV testing in this setting to be high and acceptable to patients
Environmental health · Family medicine · Health facility · Health services · Hiv test · Medical diagnosis · Pathology · Point-of-care testing · Polyclinic · Population · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Sex work and related issues · Immunology
| Highly cited | No |
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