Repeat pregnancy in women with HIV infection in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Abstract

Intended and unintended pregnancies occur frequently among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women. We evaluated the occurrence of repeat pregnancy and characteristics associated with this outcome among HIV-infected women in Latin America and the Caribbean who were participating in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) International Site Development Initiative (NISDI). Of the 1342 HIV-infected pregnant women enrolled in NISDI, 124 (9.2%) had one or more repeat pregnancies on study. Median time between the index delivery and date of conception of the subsequent pregnancy was 1.4 years (range 0.1-5.7). Younger age (odds ratio [OR] = 1.07, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.04-1.11 per one year decrease in age), hospitalization during the index pregnancy or up to six months post-partum [OR = 2.0, 95% CI: 1.2-3.4], and poor index pregnancy outcome (stillbirth or spontaneous/therapeutic abortion; OR = 3.4, 95% CI: 1.4-8.4) were associated with increased occurrence of repeat pregnancy in multivariable analysis. Among women with repeat pregnancies, the proportion receiving antiretroviral treatment (vs. prophylaxis) increased from 39.4% at the time of the index pregnancy to 81.8% at the time of the repeat pregnancy (p < 0.001). These results can help identify women most likely to benefit from reproductive counseling in order to assist with healthy pregnancy planning and prevention of unintended pregnancies.

• Authors: Regis Kreitchmann, Karen Megazzini, Victor Hugo Melo, Débora Fernandes Coelho, D Heather Watts, Margot Krauss, Maria Isabel Gouvea, Geraldo Duarte, Marcelo H Losso, George K Siberry
• Journal: AIDS care (AIDS Care) Vol. 27 Issue 10 Pg. 1289-97 ( 2015) ISSN: 1360-0451 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 26288031 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Caribbean Region (epidemiology)
• Family Planning Services
• Female
• HIV Infections (epidemiology, transmission)
• Humans
• Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
• Latin America (epidemiology)
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Complications, Infectious (epidemiology)
• Pregnancy Outcome
• Pregnancy, Unplanned
• Young Adult