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ArticleSystematic reviews2016

Predictors of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in primary care: a systematic review protocol.

Benhildah N Rumbwere Dube, Tom P Marshall, Ronan P Ryan

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Article in Systematic reviews, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Benhildah N Rumbwere DubeInstitute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. bnr546@bham.ac.uk.
Tom P MarshallInstitute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Ronan P RyanInstitute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
University of Birmingham · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAntiretroviral therapies for human immunodeficiency virus are more effective if infected individuals are diagnosed early, before they have irreversible immunologic damage. A large proportion of patients that are diagnosed with HIV, in United Kingdom, would have seen a general practitioner (GP) within the previous year. Determining the demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV-infected patients prior to diagnosis of HIV may be useful in identifying patients likely to be HIV positive in primary care. This could help inform a strategy of early HIV testing in primary care. This systematic review aims to identify characteristics of HIV-infected adults prior to diagnosis that could be used in a prediction model for early detection of HIV in primary care.

methodsThe systematic review will search for literature, mainly observational (cohort and case-control) studies, with human participants aged 18 years and over. The exposures are demographic, socio-economic or clinical risk factors or characteristics associated with HIV infection. The comparison group will be patients with no risk factors or no comparison group. The outcome is laboratory-confirmed HIV/AIDS infection. Evidence will be identified from electronic searches of online databases of EMBASE, MEDLINE, The Cochrane Library and grey literature search engines of Open Grey, Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index and examination of reference lists from selected studies (reference searching). Two reviewers will be involved in quality assessment and data extraction of the review. A data extraction form will be developed to collate data from selected studies. A checklist for quality assessment will be adapted from the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). DISCUSSION: This systematic review will identify and consolidate existing scientific evidence on characteristics of HIV infected individuals that could be used to inform decision-making in prognostic model development. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42016042427.

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Early DiagnosisPrimary Health CareAnti-Retroviral AgentsHIV InfectionsHumansRisk FactorsSystematic Reviews as TopicUnited KingdomAnti-Retroviral AgentsAcquired immunodeficiency syndromeAntiretroviral therapiesDiagnosisHuman immunodeficiency virusPatient characteristics

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PMID27646712
PMCPMC5029066
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