Open AccessAttrition and Its Predictors Among Adults Receiving First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy in Woldia Town Public Health Facilities, Northeast Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Demeke Dejen,
Dube Jara,
Fanos Yeshanew,
Zinabu Fentaw,
Tesfa Mengie Feleke,
Fentaw Girmaw,
Birhanu Wagaye
Publication year - 2021
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.s304657
Subject(s) - medicine , attrition , hazard ratio , retrospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , proportional hazards model , cohort , cohort study , antiretroviral therapy , demography , pediatrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral load , confidence interval , immunology , dentistry , physics , sociology , optics
There is an expansion and advancement of antiretroviral therapy. However, attrition of patients from HIV care is one of the major drivers of poor performance of HIV/AIDS programs, which leads to drug resistance, morbidity and mortality. The study aimed to assess the incidence of attrition and its predictors among adults receiving first-line antiretroviral therapy.