Hjortdahl studied how the duration of relationships between general practitioners and patients influenced use of health care resources.
The model - a simulation model based on individuals - uses data such as age, gender, sexual activity (high or low), status of infection (not infected, symptomatic, or asymptomatic), duration of infection, the number and identity of partners (casual or steady), and the duration of relationships.
They did not, however, differ in HIV serostatus, sexual history, or couple characteristics, such as marital status and duration of relationship.
Median duration of relationship with HIV care provider was five years.
b Adjusted for age, civil status, household income, duration of relationship and social support.
Prior to the group, participants completed a brief questionnaire that included demographic data and data regarding duration of HIV infection and of duration of relationship with care provider.
It should be noted that this multi-way sensitivity analysis did not address all sources of uncertainty as some parameters were not included (e.g. duration of relationship, frequency of sexual intercourse).
The first was included – given the high proportion of relatives among carers - because of its close association with the duration of relationship between carer and patient; the latter as a proxy measure of psychosocial functioning in terms of educational attainment in people with schizophrenia.
We included the following predictors: age, sex, education, employment, years since diagnosis, physical and mental well-being, self-efficacy in patient-provider interaction, need for information, frequency of visits in the last year, duration of relationship with the rheumatologist, trust in physician and emotional support of physician.
Large number 317 67.0%) of pregnant mothers were married and the average duration of relationship in years with their current male partner for mothers who were accompanied by their male partners and who didn't, were 4.3 ± 4.0 and 5.3 ± 4.4 years respectively (Table 1).
Factors that have been identified as being associated with unsafe sexual behaviours in HIV-infected people include: age, income[ 1], depression[ 2], drug and alcohol use[ 3, 4], low self-efficacy[ 5], attitudes to condoms[ 1] and suprainfection, conception[ 6], duration of relationship[ 7], intimate partner violence[ 8, 9], perceived stigma, and disclosure to family and partner(s)[ 10- 12].
