Tuberculosis, Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia Humana y Virus de la Hepatitis-C en población sin-hogar = Prevalence of tuberculosis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus in homeless population
Objective: To determine the prevalence of tuberculosis, AIDS and Hepatitis C in a representative sample of homeless people in Girona, and set the connections with the main factors related to sociodemographic and health habit aspects. Methods: Transversal, observational and analytic study, CHI square...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:10256/19825 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10256/19825 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Indigents -- Malalties Homeless persons -- Diseases Tuberculosi Tuberculosis |
| Sumario: | Objective: To determine the prevalence of tuberculosis, AIDS and Hepatitis C in a representative sample of homeless people in Girona, and set the connections with the main factors related to sociodemographic and health habit aspects. Methods: Transversal, observational and analytic study, CHI square, and multivariate regressive logistics. Results: There is a prevalence of tuberculosis infection of 40.2% and tuberculosis of 5.2%, both factors related to socioeconomic factors. The rate of VIH was 7.2% and VHC was 11.7%. Those people who had consumed drugs through parenteral ways were the ones with the highest infection risk of both VIH (p=0.002) and VHC (p<0.001). Conclusions: Since the time of permanence on the street is not a main factor associated to the contagion of the analysed diseases, it is necessary to carry out an intense follow up and specific programmes to prevent the disease risk factors in homeless people |
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