HIV Seropositivity among the Antenatal Women Attending ICTC at Tertiary Care Hospital
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 4
Abstract
HIV seropositivity is a significant health hazard for antenatal women. Moreover, the seropositivity is used to estimate the HIV seroprevalence in the general population as part of sentinel surveillance extrapolation. We aimed to assess the HIV seroprevalence among the antenatal women and determine its relation with some relevant variables like age group, education, occupation, marital status and parity etc. It was a cross-sectional study conducted among 4,187 antenatal women attending the Integrated Counseling and Testing Centre in the Government Maternity Hospital attached to S.V. Medical College, Tirupati. We conducted the study during 2013-2014. The record of the Integrated Counseling and Testing Centre was used to collect the required information regarding HIV seroprevalence. We found that most of the subjects were aged 20-29 years (90.2%), secondary and higher level literates (74.12%), married (99.95%), housewives (86.05%), nullipara, primigravida and para 1 (93.36%), referred by ANC/OBG/PPTCT (99.88%). The seroprevalence was found to be 0.36%. We noted significantly higher prevalence in the unmarried group (50.0%), para 3 (8.33%), those directly coming for delivery (60.0%), illiterates (0.77%), and primary literates (0.86%). Insignificantly higher prevalence was observed in less than 20-year age group (0.69%), 30-34 year age-group (1.05%), and those engaged as daily labourers (0.50%). The HIV seroprevalence is 0.36% among antenatal women. The unmarried group, those directly coming for delivery, and those with higher parity constitute risk factors for seroprevalence.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Shodavaram Usha Vidya Rani, Dr. Mallajosyula Venkata Ramanamma, Dr. Arava Lazarus Mukherjee, Er. Akkarapakam Suneesh Jacob
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