Open Access<p>Survival and Predictors of Mortality Among Adult HIV/AIDS Patients Initiating Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Debre-Berhan Referral Hospital, Amhara, Ethiopia: A Retrospective Study</p>
Author(s) -
Fetene Nigussie,
Abayneh Alamer,
Zuriyash Mengistu,
Erdaw Tachbele
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hiv/aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1373
DOI - 10.2147/hiv.s274747
Subject(s) - medicine , antiretroviral therapy , referral , retrospective cohort study , medical record , proportional hazards model , checklist , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , survival analysis , mortality rate , pediatrics , viral load , immunology , family medicine , psychology , cognitive psychology
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is one of the most destructive epidemics the world has ever witnessed. An estimated 36.9 million people were living with HIV in 2017. HIV/AIDS is the major contributing factor for morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Although different studies on survival and predictors of mortality among HIV/AIDS patients after initiation of antiretroviral therapy were conducted, there are inconsistencies in the findings of those studies. Furthermore, to the authors' knowledge, there was a dearth of studies conducted in this study area.