PMID- 16945071
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070521
LR  - 20060901
IS  - 1464-2662 (Print)
IS  - 1464-2662 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 5
DP  - 2006 Jul
TI  - Demographic predictors of a positive HIV test result among clients attending a 
      large metropolitan voluntary counselling and testing centre in Thailand.
PG  - 281-4
AB  - OBJECTIVES: The Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic in Bangkok, established in 1991, 
      was the first centre in Asia to provide anonymous, voluntary counselling and 
      testing for HIV infection. We present outcomes of testing for the period 
      1997-2004. METHODS: Newcomers to the Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic were invited 
      to complete a brief questionnaire concerning HIV risk behaviour and personal 
      characteristics. The questionnaire was linked by code numbers to the HIV test 
      result. Information obtained from the pretest questionnaire and HIV antibody test 
      results from January 1997 to December 2004 were analysed. Data are presented as 
      means [with standard deviation (SD)], medians [with interquartile range (IQR)] or 
      percentages. Multivariate analysis using logistic regression was performed to 
      identify factors predicting a positive HIV test result. RESULTS: Over the 8-year 
      study period, 65,807 new clients attended the clinic. Two-thirds were male and 
      the mean age was 31.7 years (SD 9 years), and more than half were single. The 
      proportion of high-school graduates was 43%, and 36% earned more than 10,000 Baht 
      a month (40 Baht:1 US dollar). Of 54,578 new clients who had an HIV test during 
      the study period, 17.5% had a positive test result. In multivariate analysis, 
      predictive factors for HIV positivity included female gender, age group 25-34 
      years, widowed status (women), residence outside Bangkok, birthplace in a 
      northern province, no formal schooling, farmer as profession, and salary less 
      than 5000 Baht a month (the current legal minimum daily wage set by the Thai 
      Ministry of Labor is 181 Baht). CONCLUSIONS: With nearly 7000 clients newly 
      tested for HIV infection each year, the Anonymous Clinic in Bangkok has provided 
      a unique epidemiological window into the patterns of HIV infection in the Thai 
      capital.
FAU - Khongphatthanayothin, M
AU  - Khongphatthanayothin M
AD  - The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand. 
      Mana.k@chula.ac.th
FAU - Tantipaibulvut, S
AU  - Tantipaibulvut S
FAU - Nookai, S
AU  - Nookai S
FAU - Chumchee, P
AU  - Chumchee P
FAU - Kaldor, J
AU  - Kaldor J
FAU - Phanuphak, P
AU  - Phanuphak P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - HIV Med
JT  - HIV medicine
JID - 100897392
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Ambulatory Care Facilities
MH  - Counseling
MH  - Demography
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Infections/diagnosis/*epidemiology/prevention & control
MH  - HIV Seropositivity
MH  - HIV Seroprevalence
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Red Cross
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Risk-Taking
MH  - Thailand/epidemiology
EDAT- 2006/09/02 09:00
MHDA- 2007/05/22 09:00
CRDT- 2006/09/02 09:00
PHST- 2006/09/02 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/05/22 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/09/02 09:00 [entrez]
AID - HIV377 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2006.00377.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - HIV Med. 2006 Jul;7(5):281-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2006.00377.x.