Travelling with HIV: a cross sectional analysis of Danish HIV-infected patients
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Travelling with HIV : a cross sectional analysis of Danish HIV-infected patients. / Nielsen, Ulla S; Jensen-Fangel, Søren; Pedersen, Gitte; Lohse, Nicolai; Pedersen, Court; Kronborg, Gitte; Obel, Niels; Larsen, Carsten S.
I: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, Bind 12, Nr. 1, 2014, s. 72-78.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Travelling with HIV
T2 - a cross sectional analysis of Danish HIV-infected patients
AU - Nielsen, Ulla S
AU - Jensen-Fangel, Søren
AU - Pedersen, Gitte
AU - Lohse, Nicolai
AU - Pedersen, Court
AU - Kronborg, Gitte
AU - Obel, Niels
AU - Larsen, Carsten S
N1 - Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - BACKGROUND: We aimed to describe travel patterns, extent of professional pre-travel advice and health problems encountered during travel among HIV-infected individuals.METHODS: During a six-month period a questionnaire was handed out to 2821 adult HIV-infected individuals attending any of the eight Danish medical HIV care centers.RESULTS: A total of 763 individuals responded. During the previous two years 49% had travelled outside Europe; 18% had travelled less and 30% were more cautious when choosing travel destination than before the HIV diagnosis. Pre-travel advice was sought by only 38%, and travel insurance was taken out by 86%. However, 29%/74% did not inform the advisor/the insurance company about their HIV status. Nearly all patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) were adherent, but 58% worried about carrying HIV-medicine and 19% tried to hide it. Only 19% experienced health problems during travel, 6% sought medical assistance and 0.5% was hospitalized.CONCLUSIONS: Danish HIV-infected patients travel frequently outside Denmark. Health and adherence to HAART were not major problems during travel. The main problems were failure to seek pre-travel advice, lack of disclosure of HIV status when seeking pre-travel advice or getting a travel insurance.
AB - BACKGROUND: We aimed to describe travel patterns, extent of professional pre-travel advice and health problems encountered during travel among HIV-infected individuals.METHODS: During a six-month period a questionnaire was handed out to 2821 adult HIV-infected individuals attending any of the eight Danish medical HIV care centers.RESULTS: A total of 763 individuals responded. During the previous two years 49% had travelled outside Europe; 18% had travelled less and 30% were more cautious when choosing travel destination than before the HIV diagnosis. Pre-travel advice was sought by only 38%, and travel insurance was taken out by 86%. However, 29%/74% did not inform the advisor/the insurance company about their HIV status. Nearly all patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) were adherent, but 58% worried about carrying HIV-medicine and 19% tried to hide it. Only 19% experienced health problems during travel, 6% sought medical assistance and 0.5% was hospitalized.CONCLUSIONS: Danish HIV-infected patients travel frequently outside Denmark. Health and adherence to HAART were not major problems during travel. The main problems were failure to seek pre-travel advice, lack of disclosure of HIV status when seeking pre-travel advice or getting a travel insurance.
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Denmark
KW - Female
KW - HIV Infections
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Travel
KW - Travel Medicine
KW - Young Adult
U2 - 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.10.006
DO - 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.10.006
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24275451
VL - 12
SP - 72
EP - 78
JO - Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
JF - Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
SN - 1477-8939
IS - 1
ER -
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