Determinants of first-line antiretroviral treatment failure among adult HIV patients at Nekemte Specialized Hospital, Western Ethiopia: Unmatched case-control study.
Mengistu DesalegnDejene SeyoumEdosa Kifle TolaReta Tsegaye GayesaPublished in: SAGE open medicine (2021)
Antiretroviral treatment initiation at an advanced stage, lower CD4 count, no participation in a support group, and poor adherence were determinants of treatment first-line antiretroviral treatment failure. Therefore, health care providers and program developers should give special attention to; early diagnosis and start of treatment, encouraging patients to participate in a support group, trace patients early, and attentively follow patients to improve their adherence to antiretroviral treatment.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv positive
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- hiv aids
- chronic kidney disease
- adipose tissue
- antiretroviral therapy
- south africa
- palliative care
- quality improvement
- working memory
- young adults
- replacement therapy
- physical activity
- hiv infected patients
- men who have sex with men
- peripheral blood
- childhood cancer