Life expectancy and years of life lost in HIV patients under the care of BandarAbbas Behavioral Disorders Counseling Center

Halimeh Yaghoobi; Hassan Ahmadinia; Ziba Shabani; Reza Vazirinejad; Reza Safari; Roozbeh Shahizadeh; Fatemeh Zolfizadeh; Mohsen Rezaeian

doi:10.3126/nje.v7i4.20627

Life expectancy and years of life lost in HIV patients under the care of BandarAbbas Behavioral Disorders Counseling Center

Nepal J Epidemiol. 2017 Dec 31;7(4):702-712. doi: 10.3126/nje.v7i4.20627. eCollection 2017 Dec.

Authors

Halimeh Yaghoobi¹, Hassan Ahmadinia², Ziba Shabani³, Reza Vazirinejad⁴, Reza Safari⁵, Roozbeh Shahizadeh⁶, Fatemeh Zolfizadeh⁷, Mohsen Rezaeian⁸

Affiliations

¹ MSc Student in Epidemiology, Social Determinants in Health Promotion Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, BandarAbbas, Iran.
² PhD Student in Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
³ Associate professor of infectious diseases, Immunology of Infectious Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
⁴ Professor, PhD of Epidemiology, Social Determinants of Health Research Centre, Rafsanjan University of Medical Science, Rafsanjan, Iran.
⁵ MD, Province Health Center and Research Deputy of Hormozgan University, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, BandarAbbas, Iran.
⁶ Expert Professional Management Services for Disease Prevention. Deputy of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, BandarAbbas, Iran.
⁷ MSc in Health Care Management, Mother and Child Welfare Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, BandarAbbas, Iran.
⁸ Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Rafsanjan Medical School, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, IR Iran.

Abstract

Background: HIV epidemic is mostly targeted adults and has numerous negative health, social, economic, cultural and political consequences. In this study Life Expectancy (LE) and Average Years of Life Lost (AYLL) in HIV/AIDS patients are estimated.

Materials and methods: In this descriptive study all the patients at the age of 18 and more under the care of BandarAbbas Behavioral Disorders Counseling Center (BBDCC) during 2005-2015 are included. The town of BandarAbbas is center of Hormozgan Province in southern Iran. LE and AYLL have been estimated based on Life Table.

Results: One hundred thirty four of the 426 eligible patients died during the study period. Compared to the general population LE for HIV/AIDS patients at age 20 is 46 years less in comparison with the general population of BandarAbbas. Moreover, a total of 8839 years of life lost during 2005-2015.

Conclusion: LE in HIV/AIDS patients is less than LE among BandarAbbas general population and AYLL among them is more than general population. Most of the years of life lost are preventable if the health care system seriously will implement programs to control HIV/AIDS.

Keywords: Average Years of Life Lost (AYLL); CD4 count; HIV/AIDS patients; Life Expectancy (LE).