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- Title
Cohort Profile: French hospital database on HIV (FHDH-ANRS CO4).
- Authors
Mary-Krause, Murielle; Grabar, Sophie; Lièvre, Laurence; Abgrall, Sophie; Billaud, Eric; Boué, François; Boyer, Laurence; Cabié, André; Cotte, Laurent; De Truchis, Pierre; Duval, Xavier; Duvivier, Claudine
- Abstract
The French Hospital Database on HIV (FHDH) is a hospital-based multicentre open cohort with inclusions ongoing since 1989. The research objectives focus mainly on mid- and long-term clinical outcomes and therapeutic strategies, as well as severe AIDS and non-AIDS morbidities, and public health issues relative to HIV infection. FHDH also serves to describe HIV-infected patients receiving hospital care in France. FHDH includes data on more than 120 000 HIV-infected patients from 70 French general or university hospitals distributed throughout France. Patients are eligible for inclusion if they are infected by HIV-1 or HIV-2 and give their written informed consent. Standardized variables are collected at each outpatient visit or hospital admission during which a new clinical manifestation is diagnosed, a new treatment is prescribed or a change in biological markers is noted, and/or at least every 6 months. Since its inception, variables collected in FHDH include demographic characteristics, HIV-related biological markers, the date and type of AIDS and non AIDS-defining events, antiretroviral treatments and the date and causes of death, as reported in the medical records. Since 2005, data have also been collected on: co-infection with hepatitis B or C virus; alcohol and tobacco use; and non HIV-related biomarkers. Anyone can submit a research project by completing a standardized form available on the FHDH website (http://www.ccde.fr/_fold/fl-1385734776-429.pdf) or from the corresponding author, describing the context and objectives of the study. All projects are reviewed by the scientific committee.
- Subjects
FRANCE; MEDICAL databases; HOSPITALS; HIV infections; HEALTH outcome assessment; PUBLIC health; ANTIRETROVIRAL agents
- Publication
International Journal of Epidemiology, 2014, Vol 43, Issue 5, p1425
- ISSN
0300-5771
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ije/dyu002