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- Title
Women Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus with Intended and Unintended Pregnancy: Characteristics and Patient Outcomes.
- Authors
Murphy, Emily M.; Keller, Jean M.; Powell, Anna M.; Milio, Lorraine A.; Sheffield, Jeanne S.; Argani, Cynthia H.; Livingston, Alison G.; Anderson, Jean R.
- Abstract
Background: Rates of unintended pregnancy may be higher in women living with human immunodeficiency virus (WLWH) than in the general population, and it is unclear how populations of WLWH with intended and unintended pregnancy differ. We compared baseline characteristics and outcomes between WLWH with intended and unintended pregnancy. Materials and Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of WLWH enrolled in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Pregnancy clinic from 2003 to 2014. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square test, Student's t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and linear and logistic regression analysis. Two-tailed p-value <0.05 was considered significant. The study was approved by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Institutional Review Board. Results: Sixty-nine (27.1%) of 255 women reported an intended pregnancy. Women with intended pregnancy (WWIP) were more likely to be older, White, married, privately insured, and college educated. WWIP were less likely to use tobacco (15.9% vs. 44.2%, p < 0.001), alcohol (2.9% vs. 11.1%, p = 0.041), opiates (0.0% vs. 19.3%, p < 0.001), or cocaine (2.9% vs. 21.0%, p < 0.001) during pregnancy, more likely to disclose their HIV status to the father of the baby by delivery (100.0% vs. 15.8%, p < 0.001), and more likely to receive less effective contraception at delivery (condoms 14.9% vs. 4.8%, p = 0.024; sterilization 11.9% vs. 22.1%, p = 0.028). In multivariate regression analysis, pregnancy intendedness was an important predictor of nondetectable viral load at pregnancy entry but not at delivery. Conclusions: WLWH vary in their baseline characteristics and pregnancy outcomes depending on pregnancy intendedness, highlighting the need to improve pregnancy timing in WLWH and intensify interventions for women with unintended pregnancy.
- Subjects
HIV infection prognosis; EVALUATION of medical care; HIV infections; MULTIPLE regression analysis; ONE-way analysis of variance; RETROSPECTIVE studies; REGRESSION analysis; COMPARATIVE studies; T-test (Statistics); DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; RESEARCH funding; INTENTION; LOGISTIC regression analysis; PSYCHOLOGY of HIV-positive persons; UNPLANNED pregnancy; PREGNANCY
- Publication
Journal of Women's Health (15409996), 2023, Vol 32, Issue 4, p445
- ISSN
1540-9996
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/jwh.2022.0010