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Evaluation of the Impact and Outcomes of a Rapid Transition to Telehealth PrEP Delivery at a Sexual Health Clinic During the COVID-19 Pandemic 期刊论文

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367E4B25D4C665BACC4E107D0B781056
作者：

Higgins, David M.^[1,2] Riba, Adrean^[1] Alderton, Lucy^[1] Wendel, Karen A.^[1,3,4] Scanlon, Jennifer^[1] Weise, Julia^[1] Gibson, Nathan^[1] Obafemi, Oluyomi^[1]
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英文
期刊：

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES ISSN：0148-5717 2023 年 50 卷 12 期 (816 - 820) ; DEC
疾病分类：

新型冠状病毒肺炎
摘要：

Implementation of telehealth human immunodeficiency virus preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery enabled the Denver Sexual Health Clinic to sustain PrEP services during the COVID-19 pandemic without significant differences in demographics, engagement, or retention in PrEP services. BackgroundIncreasing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use is a critical part of ending the HIV epidemic. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many PrEP services transitioned to a telehealth model (telePrEP). This report evaluates the effect of COVID-19 and the addition of telePrEP on delivery of PrEP services at the Denver Sexual Health Clinic (DSHC), a regional sexual health clinic in Denver, CO.MethodsBefore COVID-19, DSHC PrEP services were offered exclusively in-clinic. In response to the pandemic, after March 15, 2020, most PrEP initiation and follow-up visits were converted to telePrEP. A retrospective analysis of DSHC PrEP visits compared pre-COVID-19 (September 1, 2019 to March 15, 2020) to post-COVID-19 (March 16, 2020 to September 30, 2020) visit volume, demographics, and outcomes.ResultsThe DSHC completed 689 PrEP visits pre-COVID-19 and maintained 96.8% (n = 667) of this volume post-COVID-19. There were no differences in client demographics between pre-COVID-19 (n = 341) and post-COVID-19 PrEP start visits (n = 283) or between post-COVID-19 in-clinic (n = 140) vs telePrEP start visits (n = 143). There were no differences in 3- to 4-month retention rates pre-COVID-19 (n = 17/43) and post-COVID-19 (n = 21/43) (P = 0.52) or between in-clinic (n = 12/21) and telePrEP clients (n = 9/22) in the post-COVID-19 window (P = 0.37). Also, there were no significant differences in lab completion rates between in-clinic (n = 140/140) and telePrEP clients (n = 138/143) (P = 0.06) and prescription fill rates between in-clinic (n = 115/136) and telePrEP clients (n = 116/135) in the post-COVID-19 window (P = 0.86).ConclusionsImplementation of TelePrEP enabled the DSHC to sustain PrEP services during the COVID-19 pandemic without significant differences in demographics, engagement, or retention in PrEP services.
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GB/T 7714：

Higgins David M.,Riba Adrean,Alderton Lucy, et al. Evaluation of the Impact and Outcomes of a Rapid Transition to Telehealth PrEP Delivery at a Sexual Health Clinic During the COVID-19 Pandemic [J].SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES,2023,50(12):816-820.
APA：

Higgins David M.,Riba Adrean,Alderton Lucy,Wendel Karen A.,&Obafemi Oluyomi.(2023).Evaluation of the Impact and Outcomes of a Rapid Transition to Telehealth PrEP Delivery at a Sexual Health Clinic During the COVID-19 Pandemic .SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES,50(12):816-820.
MLA：

Higgins David M., et al. "Evaluation of the Impact and Outcomes of a Rapid Transition to Telehealth PrEP Delivery at a Sexual Health Clinic During the COVID-19 Pandemic" .SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES 50,12(2023):816-820.
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2024/1/23 23:09:49
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2024/1/23 23:09:49

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