{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,15]],"date-time":"2026-10-15T01:49:00Z","timestamp":1792028940491,"version":"4.4.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"National Institute of Public Health NIH (National Research Institute)","issue":"2","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Przegl Epidemiol"],"abstract":"<p><strong>ABSTRACT<\/strong><br \/><strong>INTRODUCTION.<\/strong> At the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, due to lockdown, limited mobility, as well as\u00a0changes in the activity profile of some laboratories, the restriction also applied to access to various screening\u00a0tests, including HIV screening tests.<br \/><strong>AIM.<\/strong> The aim of the study was to assess HIV testing trend during COVID-19 pandemic in laboratories in Poland\u00a0and its comparison to the preceding years, with special focus on testing in the network of Voluntary Testing and\u00a0Counselling (VCT) sites serving population with higher behavior risk, which increase the possibility of HIV\u00a0infection.<br \/><strong>MATERIAL AND METHODS.<\/strong> Analysis of the changes in HIV tests number was based on the results of\u00a0the annual survey of HIV tests conducted among the laboratories throughout the country. The questionnaire\u00a0included data on screening and positive tests by testing site type, age group and gender. In addition, we extracted\u00a0data collected in comprehensive National AIDS Centre database, based on epidemiological and behavior data\u00a0collected by VCT on people who come for testing.<br \/><strong>RESULTS.<\/strong> There are approximately 400,000 HIV tests annually run in general population in last years.\u00a0COVID-19 pandemic, which occurred in beginning of 2020 did not have a huge impact on HIV test number\u00a0among these population, because there was observed 1% decreased. Pandemic COVID-19, due to few lockdown\u00a0reduced the HIV tests number among VCT clients \u2013 population with higher HIV risk infection. Tests number\u00a0decreased by 44% compare to previous year, due to temporal closed of these centres. Data analysis shows that\u00a0due to the pandemic, the structure of the surveyed people changed, especially in terms of age and gender, and\u00a0the place where the study was performed.<br \/><strong>CONCLUSION.<\/strong> We confirmed low HIV testing rates in general population and low positivity rate over the\u00a0studied period. The positivity rate was higher in the testing site network targeting individuals engaging in high\u00a0risk behaviors. Changes observed in HIV testing trends in recent years have been affected by the COVID-19\u00a0pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STRESZCZENIE<\/strong><br \/><strong>WST\u0118P.<\/strong> W pocz\u0105tkowym okresie pandemii COVID-19 ze wzgl\u0119du na lockdown, ograniczenie mo\u017cliwo\u015bci\u00a0poruszania si\u0119, a tak\u017ce zmiany profilu dzia\u0142alno\u015bci niekt\u00f3rych laboratori\u00f3w, restrykcje wp\u0142yn\u0119\u0142y r\u00f3wnie\u017c na\u00a0dost\u0119pno\u015b\u0107 r\u00f3\u017cnych bada\u0144 przesiewowych, w tym r\u00f3wnie\u017c bada\u0144 przesiewowych w kierunku HIV.<br \/><strong>CEL.<\/strong> Celem pracy by\u0142a analiza trendu wykonywania bada\u0144 w kierunku HIV w dobie pandemii COVID-19\u00a0w laboratoriach w Polsce i jego por\u00f3wnanie do lat wcze\u015bniejszych, ze szczeg\u00f3lnym uwzgl\u0119dnieniem bada\u0144\u00a0wykonywanych w punktach konsultacyjno-diagnostycznych (PKD), kt\u00f3re oferuj\u0105 anonimowe badania dla populacji\u00a0o podwy\u017cszonym poziomie zachowa\u0144 ryzykownych, kt\u00f3re zwi\u0119kszaj\u0105 ryzyko zaka\u017cenia HIV.<br \/><strong>MATERIA\u0141 I METODY.<\/strong> Ocen\u0119 zmiany liczby wykonywanych bada\u0144 przeprowadzono na podstawie danych\u00a0z ankiety dotycz\u0105cej liczby bada\u0144 w kierunku HIV wykonanych przez laboratoria na terenie ca\u0142ego kraju.<br \/>Ankieta zawiera informacje o badaniach przesiewowych i badaniach potwierdzenia, wed\u0142ug miejsca wykonania\u00a0badania, grupy wiekowej, p\u0142ci. Dodatkowo uzyskali\u015bmy dane z obszernej bazy danych prowadzonej przez\u00a0Krajowe Centrum ds. AIDS na podstawie danych epidemiologicznych i behawioralnych zbieranych przez PKD,\u00a0dotycz\u0105cych os\u00f3b zg\u0142aszaj\u0105cych si\u0119 na badanie.<br \/><strong>WYNIKI.<\/strong> W ostatnich latach, \u015brednio rocznie wykonywanych jest w populacji og\u00f3lnej oko\u0142o 400 000 bada\u0144\u00a0w kierunku HIV. Pandemia COVID-19, kt\u00f3ra rozpocz\u0119\u0142a si\u0119 na pocz\u0105tku 2020 roku nie mia\u0142a jednak wi\u0119kszego\u00a0wp\u0142ywu na wykonywanie bada\u0144 w tej grupie, poniewa\u017c w tym czasie zanotowano bardzo niewielki spadek\u00a0liczby bada\u0144, poni\u017cej 1%. Pandemia COVID-19, ze wzgl\u0119du na kilka lockdown\u00f3w spowodowa\u0142a znaczne\u00a0zmniejszenie liczby wykonanych bada\u0144 w\u015br\u00f3d klient\u00f3w PKD tj. populacji o podwy\u017cszonym ryzyku zaka\u017cenia HIV. Liczba wykonanych bada\u0144 spad\u0142a o ponad 44% w por\u00f3wnaniu z rokiem poprzednim, g\u0142\u00f3wnie w wyniku\u00a0czasowego zamkni\u0119cia niekt\u00f3rych punkt\u00f3w. Z analizy danych wynika, \u017ce ze wzgl\u0119du na pandemi\u0119 uleg\u0142a\u00a0zmianie struktura badanych os\u00f3b, szczeg\u00f3lnie pod wzgl\u0119dem wieku oraz p\u0142ci, czy miejsca wykonania badania.\u00a0<br \/><strong>WNIOSKI.<\/strong> Potwierdzono niski wska\u017anik testowania w kierunku HIV w populacji og\u00f3lnej i niski odsetek wynik\u00f3w\u00a0pozytywnych na przestrzeni badanego okresu. Wska\u017anik wynik\u00f3w dodatnich by\u0142 wy\u017cszy w punktach\u00a0testowania, kt\u00f3rych oferta skierowana jest do os\u00f3b o wysokim poziomie zachowa\u0144 ryzykownych. Zmiany zaobserwowane\u00a0w trendach testowania w kierunku HIV, w ostatnich latach spowodowane s\u0105 wp\u0142ywem pandemii\u00a0COVID-19.<\/p><\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.32394\/pe.76.25","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,25]],"date-time":"2022-10-25T13:29:23Z","timestamp":1666704563000},"page":"255-266","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Changes in HIV testing trends in Poland during COVID-19 pandemic"],"prefix":"10.32394","volume":"76","author":[{"given":"M","family":"Nied\u017awiedzka-Stadnik","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"E","family":"Nowakowska-Radziwonka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"M","family":"Rosi\u0144ska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A","family":"Marzec-Bogus\u0142awska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"17323","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,25]]},"container-title":["Przeglad Epidemiologiczny"],"original-title":["Trend bada\u0144 anty-HIV w Polsce por\u00f3wnaniu z okresem pandemii COVID-19"],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.przeglepidemiol.pzh.gov.pl\/pdf-181068-101629","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.przeglepidemiol.pzh.gov.pl\/pdf-181068-101629","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,8]],"date-time":"2024-03-08T08:44:03Z","timestamp":1709887443000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.przeglepidemiol.pzh.gov.pl\/Changes-in-HIV-testing-trends-in-Poland-during-COVID-19-pandemic,181068,0,2.html"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,25]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2022]]}},"alternative-id":["181068"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.32394\/pe.76.25","relation":{},"ISSN":["0033-2100","2545-1898"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0033-2100","type":"print"},{"value":"2545-1898","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,25]]}}}