ArticleSexually transmitted diseases2015
Recent HIV Testing Prevalence, Determinants, and Disparities Among U.S. Older Adult Respondents to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
Article in Sexually transmitted diseases, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Barriers and facilitators to HIV testing in people age 50 and above: a systematic review.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2017Pooled it
- Article
- Impact of stigma on the HIV care cascade among older persons living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Medial prefrontal cortex connectivity with the nucleus accumbens is related to HIV serostatus, perceptions of psychological stress, and monocyte expression of TNF-a.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2024Article
- Past-Year HIV Testing, Current Antiretroviral Therapy Use, and Participation in Services for People Who Inject Drugs.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- The Association Between HIV-Related Stigma and the Uptake of HIV Testing and ART Among Older Adults in Rural South Africa: Findings from the HAALSI Cohort Study.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Article
- Preventive care recommendations to promote health equity.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2023Article
- HIV and AIDS prevention: knowledge, attitudes, practices and health literacy of older persons in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces, South Africa and in Lesotho.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Accessibility of HIV Services in Philadelphia: Location-Allocation Analysis.American journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Identifying subgroups within at-risk populations that drive late HIV diagnosis in a Southern U.S. state.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2021Article
- HIV testing uptake and prevalence among hospitalized older adults in Togo: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2021Article
- Prevalence and determinants of recent HIV testing among older persons in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Prevalence of HIV/AIDS Among Elderly People and Associated Factors in Habru Woreda, Amhara Region, Northeast Ethiopia.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Article
- Observational
- Achieving the fourth 90: healthy aging for people living with HIV.AIDS (London, England) · 2018Article
- How Underestimates of Need Contribute to Biased Conclusions.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2016Article
- Article
- Leveraging Explainable AI to Identify Determinants of Lifetime HIV Testing Among Adults in Tennessee, United States: Evidence for Targeted Public Health Strategies From BRFSS 2023.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
Corrections and comments
- Commented on by
- Commented on by
Authors and funding
4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundAlthough routine human immune deficiency virus (HIV) testing during health care visits is recommended for most adults, many older adults (i.e., ages 50-64 years) do not receive it. This study identified factors associated with HIV testing in the past 12 months (i.e., recent HIV testing) among US adults in the 3 categories of older adulthood (50-54, 55-59, and 60-64 years) for which routine HIV testing is recommended.
methodThis was a cross-sectional analysis of data from US older adult respondents to the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We calculated prevalence (proportions) of HIV testing by age category and race/ethnicity. Using multiple logistic regression, we identified predisposing, enabling, and need factors associated with recent HIV testing within and across age categories, by race/ethnicity and controlling for covariates.
resultsHIV testing prevalence was low (<5%), varied by race/ethnicity, and decreased with age. Within and across age categories, the odds of testing were highest among blacks (odds ratio [OR], 3.47; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.82-4.25) and higher among Latinos (OR, 2.06; 95% CI, 1.50-2.84) and the oldest and youngest categories of American Indians/Alaska Natives (OR, 2.48; 95% CI, 1.11-5.55; OR, 2.98; 95% CI, 1.49-5.95) than among whites. Those reporting a recent doctor visit (OR, 2.32; 95% CI, 1.92-2.74) or HIV risk behaviors (OR, 3.50; 95% CI, 2.67-4.59) had higher odds of HIV testing.
conclusionRegardless of risk, the oldest older adults, whites, and older women may forego HIV testing. Doctor visits may facilitate HIV testing. Additional research is needed to understand why eligible older adults seen by providers may not be screened for HIV infection.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.