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- Title
Brief communication: temporal trends of chronic diseases medications prescriptions among HIV-infected patients in Belgium: a 4-year population-based study using pharmacy claims data.
- Authors
Ilboudo, Dieudonné; Ngwasiri, Calypse; Savoye, Isabelle; Sommet, Agnès; Beckhoven, Dominique Van; Yombi, Jean Cyr; Kirakoya-Samadoulougou, Fati
- Abstract
The Objective of this study was to examine change over time of prevalence of chronic diseases medications (CDM) prescriptions among People living with HIV (PLWH) in Belgium, using Pharmanet database from 2018 to 2021. We identified 13,570, 14,175, 14,588 and 14,813 PLWH in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively. Prescriptions of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) medications (31.7–37.2%) and antidiabetics (7.4–9.0%), increased significantly (p for trend < 0.001 for all), while the prescription of neurological and mental disorders medications (18.0–19.3%) remained stable (p for trend = 0.11) and the prescription of chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) medications decreased from 12.2 to 10.6% (p for trend < 0.001), between 2018 and 2021. It is imperative to ensure that these medications are used appropriately.
- Subjects
BELGIUM; MENTAL illness drug therapy; COMBINATION drug therapy; DATABASES; MEDICAL information storage &; retrieval systems; MEDICAL prescriptions; RESEARCH funding; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; HIV-positive persons; RETROSPECTIVE studies; HYPOGLYCEMIC agents; CHRONIC diseases; LONGITUDINAL method; OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases; DRUGSTORES; COMORBIDITY
- Publication
AIDS Research & Therapy, 2024, Vol 21, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1742-6405
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12981-024-00634-3