Table 5 Predictors identified and availability in electronic primary care records
Category of predictor | Predictor of HIV infection | Likelihood of being recorded in primary care records |
|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic | Age | Present for all patients |
Gender | Present for all patients | |
Social status | Inferred from postcode | |
Poverty index | Present as deprivation quintile | |
Annual income | Inferred from prescription payments, benefits | |
Employment status | Likely to be poorly recorded | |
Sexual orientation | Require further investigation | |
Not a high school graduate | Not present | |
Country of birth | Not present | |
Ethnicity | Present for some patients | |
Behavioural | Smoking status | Very likely to be present |
Drug use | Present for some patients | |
Binge-drinking or alcohol misuse | Present for some patients | |
Obesity | Very likely to be present | |
Contact abroad | Might be present | |
Stressful events | Present for some patients | |
Unsafe sex | Likely not present | |
Ever exchanged money or drugs for sex | Likely not present | |
Male anal sex | Likely not present | |
Number of lifetime partners | Likely not present | |
Partner characteristics | Likely not present | |
Clinical and comorbid conditions | Weight loss | Likely to be present |
Fever or chills | Likely to be present | |
Cough | Likely to be present | |
Flu like symptoms | Likely to be present | |
Diarrhoea | Likely to be present | |
Abdominal pain | Likely to be present | |
Minor trauma | Likely to be present | |
Nausea/vomiting | Likely to be present | |
Rash | Likely to be present | |
Pneumonia | Likely to be present | |
Pneumocystis carinii | Likely to be present | |
Psoriasis | Likely to be present | |
Herpes zoster | Likely to be present | |
Peripheral neuropathy | Likely to be present | |
Neurologic disability | Likely to be present | |
Oral candidiasis | Likely to be present | |
Hepatitis B | Likely to be present | |
Chronic liver disease | Likely to be present | |
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | Likely to be present | |
Condyloma acuminata | Likely to be present | |
Leucocytopenia | Likely to be present | |
Blood dyscrasia | Likely to be present | |
Lymphadenopathy | Likely to be present | |
Parotitis | Likely to be present | |
Mononucleosis-like illness | Likely to be present | |
Pyrexia of unknown origin | Likely to be present | |
Hyperlipidemia | Likely to be present | |
Hypertension | Likely to be present | |
Diabetes | Likely to be present | |
Sexually transmitted infection | Likely to be present | |
Syphilis | Likely to be present | |
Chlamydia | Likely to be present | |
Gonorrhoea | Likely to be present | |
Genital herpes | Likely to be present |