A Retrospective Analysis Exploring the Impact of Psychiatric Comorbidities on the Time to Initiate HIV Treatment

Author Information

Lorenzo Guani, College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia PAFollow
Andrew Murdock, College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia PAFollow
Angelica Arshoun, College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia PAFollow
Corbin Pagano, Department of Psychiatry, Reading Hospital, Reading PAFollow
Eduardo Espiridion, Department of Psychiatry, Reading Hospital, Reading PAFollow

Keywords:

HIV, Psychiatry, Antiretroviral Therapy

Comments

This retrospective cohort study is exempt from informed consent. The authors assert that all procedures contributing to this work comply with the ethical standards of the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2013. The data reviewed is a secondary analysis of existing data, does not involve intervention or interaction with human subjects, and is de-identified per the de-identification standard defined in Section §164.514(a) of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The process by which the data is de-identified is attested to through a formal determination by a qualified expert as defined in Section §164.514(b)(1) of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. This formal determination by a qualified expert refreshed on December 2020.

Recommended Citation

Guani, Lorenzo; Murdock, Andrew; Arshoun, Angelica; Pagano, Corbin; and Espiridion, Eduardo, "A Retrospective Analysis Exploring the Impact of Psychiatric Comorbidities on the Time to Initiate HIV Treatment" (2025). Tower Health Research Day. 1.
https://scholarcommons.towerhealth.org/th_researchday/2024-2025/online_posters/1

Institutional Review Board/Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Approved or Exempt

IRB/IACUC exempt