HIV / AIDS Prevalence and Risk Factors: Analysis of Changes over Time at H. Adam Malik General Hospital in Medan

Frihastina Lubis, Tambar Kembaren

2019

Abstract

Introduction: HIV / AIDS has long been one of the epidemic diseases in the world. Some risk factors have proven to be the cause of transmission of HIV / AIDS, such as through sexual intercourse, through nonsterile needles, and others. Until now there are no accurate data on the number of cases and risk factors that influence the development of HIV transmission. This study aims to provide an overview of the characteristics and risk factors for people with HIV / AIDS. Methods: This type of research is a descriptive study with a cross-sectional approach. The sample in this study was all HIV / AIDS patients in Haji Adam Malik General Hospital from 2003 to 2018. Inclusion criteria were: All patients with HIV / AIDS were recorded in the Inpatient Installation of the General Hospital of Haji Adam Malik Medan in 2003 - 2018 The exclusion criteria were HIV / AIDS patients who had never been treated at H. Adam Malik General Hospital Medan. Results: From 2003-2018 there were 5639 new cases of HIV / AIDS. Of all patients, male patients were 3990 cases (71%) and women were 1649 cases (29%). In 2003 the male ratio: women with HIV was 3.6: 1, whereas in 2018 the ratio of men: women was 1.8: 1. The highest prevalence of age for HIV patients was age 25-49 as much as 68%. Most HIV/AIDS sufferers came from the city of Medan as many as 2264 patients (40%). The most recent education of HIV sufferers was high school graduates with 2959 cases (52%). A total of 2347 people with HIV (42%) worked and as many as 2597 (46%) patients did not work. Risk factors for HIV/AIDS sufferers, namely: 4160 cases (73%) heterosexuals, 722 cases (13%) injection users, 303 cases (5%) homosexuals, 144 cases (3%) perinatal, 134 cases (2%) blood transfusions , 124 cases (2%) unknown, 52 cases (1%) bisexual. Conclusion: This study illustrates the distribution of characteristics and risk factors for HIV/AIDS that occurred from 2003-20018.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lubis F. and Kembaren T. (2019). HIV / AIDS Prevalence and Risk Factors: Analysis of Changes over Time at H. Adam Malik General Hospital in Medan.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease - Volume 1: ICTROMI, ISBN 978-989-758-469-5, pages 97-101. DOI: 10.5220/0009861200970101

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ictromi19,
author={Frihastina Lubis and Tambar Kembaren},
title={HIV / AIDS Prevalence and Risk Factors: Analysis of Changes over Time at H. Adam Malik General Hospital in Medan},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease - Volume 1: ICTROMI,},
year={2019},
pages={97-101},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009861200970101},
isbn={978-989-758-469-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease - Volume 1: ICTROMI,
TI - HIV / AIDS Prevalence and Risk Factors: Analysis of Changes over Time at H. Adam Malik General Hospital in Medan
SN - 978-989-758-469-5
AU - Lubis F.
AU - Kembaren T.
PY - 2019
SP - 97
EP - 101
DO - 10.5220/0009861200970101