Time Until Loss to Follow-Up, Incidence, and Predictors Among Adults Taking ART at Public Hospitals in Southern Ethiopia.

Samuel Dessu Sifer Molalegn Mesele Gesese Aklilu Habte HailegebirealZinabu Dawit

Published in: HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) (2021)

The time until loss to follow-up was high in the first 20 months of the initiation of the ART and it declines after 20 months; longer distance between home and hospital, not having registered phone number, not initiating INH, lower body mass index and not having primary caregiver were the independent predictors of loss to follow-up from ART services.

Keyphrases

healthcare
hiv infected
antiretroviral therapy
mental health
primary care
risk factors
adverse drug