KNUST aging and human immunodeficiency virus outcomes-Study protocol.
Alex WerekuuNana Kwame Ayisi-BoatengNadia TagoeDouglas Aninng Opoku AnningBernard BarnieGodfred Kumi TwumasiYaa Twumwaa BoaduKaku So-ArmahPhyllis TawiahPublished in: PloS one (2024)
The KAHO study will recruit 151 PWH aged 50 years and older at the Infectious Disease Unit (IDU) of the University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The study will be conducted over a 2-year period and participants will be seen at months 0, 6 and 12. Participants at each visit will be taken through assessments and questionnaires on geriatric health, cognition, social vulnerability, HIV-related conditions and they will provide biospecimens for laboratory testing. We will also conduct semi-structured qualitative interviews of PWH, healthcare providers, policy makers and study research assistants. Quantitative data will be analyzed using one sample proportion test and linear regression models appropriately. The Levesque's framework will be used as a guide to analyze qualitative data.
Keyphrases
- human immunodeficiency virus
- healthcare
- public health
- hepatitis c virus
- antiretroviral therapy
- study protocol
- randomized controlled trial
- electronic health record
- clinical trial
- type diabetes
- machine learning
- hiv positive
- physical activity
- high resolution
- climate change
- metabolic syndrome
- risk assessment
- south africa
- deep learning
- men who have sex with men
- white matter
- weight loss