Undernutrition and associated factors among adult HIV/AIDS patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in eastern zone of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.
Tsegu Hailu GebruHaftea Hagos MekonenKbrom Gemechu KirosPublished in: Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique (2020)
The result of this study indicated that the prevalence of undernutrition was high.Respondents with advanced clinical stage of CD4+ count less than 200 cells/ul and those that were not taking co-trimoxazole preventive therapy was found to be positively associated with undernutrition.Therefore, the implementation of nutritional programs is very crucial to improve the nutritional status of HIV/AIDS patients in the particular study.
Keyphrases
- hiv aids
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected patients
- hiv positive
- end stage renal disease
- risk factors
- primary care
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- induced apoptosis
- stem cells
- physical activity
- public health
- prognostic factors
- cell proliferation
- signaling pathway
- cell cycle arrest
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- peritoneal dialysis
- mesenchymal stem cells
- hepatitis c virus
- cell death
- men who have sex with men