A Meta-Analysis of HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis Among Sexually Assaulted Patients in the United States

作者：Scannell, Meredith^*; Kim, Tiffany; Guthrie, Barbara J

来源：Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 2018, 29(1): 60-69.

DOI：10.1016/j.jana.2017.10.004

• emergency department
• HIV prevention
• n-PEP
• postexposure prophylaxis
• sexual assault
• sexual violence

Sexual assault (SA) is a major public health problem that leaves patients at risk for HIV. The gold standard of medical treatment for SA patients includes prophylactic treatment to prevent HIV. A meta-analysis was conducted and examined the rates of nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis (n-PEP) offered to, accepted, and completed by SA patients who presented to emergency departments in the United States. Four points of data were analyzed: (a) SA patients who met the criteria and were offered n-PEP, (b) SA patients who were offered n-PEP and accepted the medication, (c) SA patients who accepted n-PEP treatment and completed at least one follow-up appointment, and (d) SA patients who completed the entire course of n-PEP. Results of the meta-analysis indicated that approximately half of the patients who were offered n-PEP accepted the medication. However, only 25.7% of SA patients who accepted n-PEP completed the full course.

• 出版日期2018-2
• 单位东北大学