ATLIS - AIDS Treatment for Life International Survey

ABOUT ATLIS

ATLIS FINDINGS

GENERAL HEALTH STATUS
CURRENT AND FUTURE MEDICATIONS
PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE MEDICATIONS
CONCERNS ABOUT HIV STATUS
CURRENT SEX PRACTICES

HIV and general health status
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Region	Country	Self-perceived Health	Other Conditions†	*Years HIV+**	*Mean CD4**
		Percent G/F/P	Percent DP/TC/BP	Mean (SD)	Self-reported Cells/mm3
Western Europe and USA	France	59.5/33.0/7.5	44.0/25.0/16.5	13.2 (6.3)	557.5
	Germany	44.4/42.0/13.7	35.1/17.6/21.5	7.3 (5.7)	871.9
	Italy	26.5/47.5/25.0	45.0/29.0/24.0	6.4 (4.5)	410.2
	Spain	44.6/37.1/16.8	58.4/19.8/18.8	11.9 (6.3)	558.5
	USA	61.9/31.0/6.7	59.0/42.4/35.2	11.4 (7.0)	600.6
Latin America	Caribbean	63.0/27.0/7.0	17.5/9.5/17.5	6.8 (4.1)	775.2
	Mexico	55.0/35.0/9.5	28.0/13.5/9.5	5.7 (4.0)	362.8
	Argentina	63.7/31.4/4.9	46.1/9.8/16.7	6.8 (4.9)	459.0
	Brazil	63.5/28.6/7.4	40.9/19.7/23.2	7.0 (4.9)	1221.2
South Africa, Russia, Asia/Pacific	South Africa	46.0/41.0/13.0	18.0/3.5/19.5	4.7 (3.1)	369.1
	Russia	46.0/48.0/6.0	21.5/0/10.5	4.9 (2.3)	393.5
	Korea	33.1/46.9/19.2	16.9/10.0/10.0	5.1 (3.6)	419.0
	Malaysia	56.0/31.0/13.0	15.0/13.0/15.0	6.3 (4.4)	375.2
	New Zealand	65.3/21.8/11.9	56.4/29.7/28.7	10.7 (6.1)	496.3

HIV Rx status
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Region	Country	Rx for HIV/AIDS		Main reasons for stopping (%)	Main reasons not on ART (%)*
		Percent with current Rx	Percent never on Rx
Western Europe and USA	France	87.5	6.0	Physician advice (46.2) Side effects (15.4)	4. No perceived help (8.3) (83.3 other, 8.3 don’t know)
	Germany	66.8	23.4	Physician advice (55.0) Side effects (25.0)	1. No perceived danger of illness (25.0) 2. Not eligible (14.6)
	Italy	67.5	21.5	Side effects (45.5) Physician advice (31.8)	1. No perceived danger of illness (23.8) 4. No perceived help (11.9)
	Spain	74.8	16.0	Side effects (31.6) Resistance (26.3)	2. Not eligible (21.9) 4. No perceived help (9.4)
	USA	76.2	16.2	Side effects (37.5) Physician advice (25.0)	5. Too expensive (18.2) 2. Not eligible (12.1)
Latin America	Caribbean	73.5	21.0	Physician advice (18.2) Side effects (9.1)	2. Not eligible (57.5)
	Mexico	75.0	18.0	Side effects (35.7) Cost (28.6)	5. Too expensive (14.3)
	Argentina	75.5	20.0	Side effects (22.2) Physician advice (22.2)	2. Not eligible (58.5)
	Brazil	69.5	25.0	Side effects (41.7) Hard to keep up with doses (25.0)	2. Not eligible (26.5)
South Africa, Russia, Asia/ Pacific	South Africa	71.5	26.0	Side effects (75.0) Not effective (25.0)	2. Not eligible (45.3)
	Russia	62.5	32.0	Hard to keep up with doses (80.0) Side effects (70.0)	1. No perceived danger of illness (33.8) 2. Not eligible (32.3)
	Korea	70.0	25.0	Side effects (66.7) Hard to keep up with doses (33.3)	1. No perceived danger of illness (48.5) 2. Not eligible (24.2)
	Malaysia	75.0	22.0	Don’t want status known (66.7)	2. Not eligible (76.2)
	New Zealand	72.3	20.0	Side effects (37.5) Physician advice (25.0)	1. No perceived danger of illness (15.8) 4. No perceived help (10.5)

*Primary reasons for not taking drugs for HIV or AIDS: (1) I don’t feel like I am in danger of getting ill from HIV and AIDS. (2) My doctor told me that I’m not eligible. (3) Healthcare professionals don’t seem to know enough about the treatment to help me. (4) I don’t feel like the treatment would help. (5) It’s too expensive or I have no money. (6) Don’t want to be known as HIV positive. (7) Too hard to keep up with the doses. (8) Healthcare professionals different from me and make me uncomfortable. (9) My clinic has no access to HIV/AIDS drugs. (10) Drugs have too many side effects. (11) Treatment not effective. (12) Don’t have access to doctor. (13) Don’t want my employers to know that I’m HIV positive. (14) Have to travel too far to get treatment.