Living and working with HIV in France in 2003: Results from the ANRS-EN12-VESPA Study
Living and working with HIV in France in 2003: Results from the ANRS-EN12-VESPA Study
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DOI:
10.1097/01.aids.0000255082.31728.52
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
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影响因子:
3.8
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Lert, France
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作者:
Dray-Spira, Rosemary;Lert, France
Objectives: The employment rate of people living with HIV in France remains lower than in the general population despite HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) availability, translating into a high disease-related socioeconomic burden. Our objective was to investigate the relationships between HIV disease and employment status.Design: We used data from the AN RS-EN12-VESPA Study.Methods: Analyses were restricted to the 2750 working-aged (< 60 years) participants. Individuals' health characteristics were compared according to employment status and plans of access/return to work, using logistic regression models to account for sociodemographic/occupational and health characteristics.Results: The employment rate was 56.5%; 44.9% of participants had remained employed since diagnosis and 11.6% had accessed employment after diagnosis. Compared with unemployed participants, those who had maintained employment were less likely to be of fair/poor health and have a history of AIDS and hepatitis C virus co-infection, were more likely to have been diagnosed with HIV after 1996, have a history of HIV-related hospitalization and a CD4 cell count of 200cells/mu l or less. Among employed participants, 70.1 % had not disclosed their HIV status at the workplace and 8.5% reported HIV-related adjustments in their working conditions. Among the unemployed, 64.5% reported plans of access/return to work and 58.2% of those had attempted to do so. Motivations for access/return to work were mainly of a social, psychological and financial nature.Conclusion: The employment status of people living with HIV/AIDS is associated with sociodemographic/occupational factors in addition to health characteristics. Management of HIV infection at work remains a challenge in the HAART era. (c) 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.