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ArticleAIDS and behavior2025

Employment Status and HIV Viral Load in Chilean Adult Population: A Propensity Score Analysis.

Ignacio Leiva-Escobar, Claudia P Cortes, Angelo Lamadrid

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Ignacio Leiva-EscobarInternal Medicine IX-Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, Medical Faculty Heidelberg/Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. IgnacioAndres.LeivaEscobar@med.uni-heidelberg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-9788-0118
Claudia P CortesMedicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9101-9783
Angelo LamadridDepartment of Health Care Management, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0699-9607

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Abstract

We set out to investigate the potential impact of unemployment on HIV viral load in individuals living with HIV at the biggest HIV-related healthcare centre in Chile. We analysed a cross-sectional dataset of 803 adults living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy. The main exposure was employment status. The outcome, detectable HIV viral load, was operationalised using a cut-off of HIV viral load at 20 copies/mL. We applied a propensity score method, the inverse probability of treatment weighting to control for measured confounders. We found that 219 (27.3%) of participants were unemployed. Being unemployed was associated with increased odds of being detectable (OR = 1.78, 95%CI = 1.18-2.71) compared to being employed. Additionally, we found that those unemployed and non-adherents have higher odds of being detectable (OR = 2.53, 95%CI = 1.18-5.41). Unemployment status may influence HIV viral load. However, further research is needed to determine and understand the social structure behind those relationships in the Chilean people living with HIV.

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EmploymentHIV InfectionsUnemploymentViral LoadAdultAnti-HIV AgentsChileCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPropensity ScoreSocioeconomic FactorsAnti-HIV AgentsChileHIV Treatment AdherenceLatin AmericaSocial Determinants of HealthUnemployment

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