The structure of the primary and repeated disability of the adult population of the Saratov region due to diseases caused by HIV infection for the period 2014–2020

Abstract

The HIV epidemic in Russia and in the Saratov region continues to spread. With the increase in the number of HIV-infected and AIDS patients, the problem of disability of the population due to diseases caused by HIV infection is becoming more and more urgent and acquires high medical and socio-economic importance. Based on this, there is a need to develop ways to solve it, taking into account the determination of the composition of this contingent. To study the indicators of the level of disability due to diseases caused by HIV infection in the Saratov region, to determine the trends in the formation of primary and repeated disability of the population, the characteristics of the contingent by disability groups. Solid research method. The object of the study was residents of the Saratov region at the age of 18, who were initially recognized as disabled due to diseases caused by HIV infection, and were examined repeatedly in the medical and social expert bureau for the period 2014–2020. The statistical database of the state information system «Federal Register of Disabled Persons» was studied by the method of comparative analysis. When analyzing the certificates of examination of the disabled in the medical and social expert bureau for the designated period, it was found that the primary disability due to diseases caused by HIV infection in the region was recognized in 904 patients and repeated in 872 people. The number of citizens recognized as disabled for the first time (hereinafter VPI), as well as re-recognized as disabled (hereinafter PPI) due to diseases caused by HIV infection, had a tendency to increase with the predominance of people with disabilities of group II among the young. The lowest percentage in the structure of primary and repeated disability were disabled people of retirement age. The share of rural residents among the VPI for the analyzed period tended to decrease by more than 2 times.