Predictors of underweight among adult patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Bishoftu general hospital, central Ethiopia: Case-control study.
Mesfin Gashaw AssefaAlem Deksisa AbebeMariama AbdoObse Tamiru AlemayehuDawit Wolde DakaPublished in: PloS one (2023)
This study revealed that household dietary diversity, counseling and education on nutrition, monthly income, eating problems, support giver, and khat chewing were predictors of being underweight in HIV patients. This inquires an integrated nutritional intervention including income-generating activities, counseling and education on nutrition and bad habits, and regular monitoring of the nutritional status during clinic visits.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- physical activity
- hiv infected
- healthcare
- hiv testing
- mental health
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- end stage renal disease
- hiv aids
- hiv infected patients
- ejection fraction
- randomized controlled trial
- chronic kidney disease
- quality improvement
- men who have sex with men
- smoking cessation
- primary care
- prognostic factors
- hepatitis c virus
- single cell
- south africa
- patient reported