Tusch, Erich S;
Ryom, Lene;
Fursa, Olga;
Peters, Lars;
Oestergaard, Lars;
Florence, Eric;
Edwards, Simon;
... Reekie, Joanne; + view all
(2023)
Incidence and risk factors for suicide, death due to substance use, and violent/accidental death in persons living with HIV.
AIDS
, 37
(1)
pp. 161-171.
10.1097/QAD.0000000000003402.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Deaths due to suicide, substance use and violence/accidental may reflect similar risk factors and be overlapping in their classification. This study aimed to investigate incidence and risk factors of mortality among people with HIV (PWH) due to these three related causes. DESIGN: Prospectively collected data from PWH ≥18 years old and under active follow-up in the EuroSIDA study from 2007 to 2019 were analysed. METHODS: Cause-specific Cox regression analysis was used to assess risk factors. RESULTS: A total of 17 881 participants were included, comprising 149 327 person-years of follow-up (PYFU). Forty participants died by suicide (IR [95% confidence interval (CI)]: 0.3/1000 PYFU [0.2, 0.4]), 93 from substance use (IR [95% CI]: 0.6/1000 PYFU [0.5, 0.8]), and 57 by violence/accident (IR [95% CI]: 0.4/1000 PYFU [0.3, 0.5]). An AIDS diagnosis within the last 12 months was associated with nine-fold increased risk of suicide vs. no history of AIDS (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR]: 9.06; 95% CI: 2.07, 39.7). Male gender was associated with double the risk of violent/accidental death (aHR: 2.28; 95% CI: 1.09, 4.78). PWH in Eastern Europe and those who acquired HIV by injection drug use (IDU) demonstrated a greater risk of death due to substance use or violence/accident. CONCLUSIONS: The association between a recent diagnosis of AIDS and suicide highlights a critical period for intervention. HIV infection acquired through IDU demonstrated an expected relationship with death due to substance use and violent/accidental deaths. Increased risk of death due to substance use and violence/accident in Eastern Europe demands investigation into specific differences that may drive that association.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Incidence and risk factors for suicide, death due to substance use, and violent/accidental death in persons living with HIV |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003402 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000003402 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10158635 |
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