Open AccessRate of Viral Re-Suppression and Retention to Care Among PLHIV on Second-Line Antiretroviral Therapy at Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Shambel Wedajo,
Getu Degu,
Amare Deribew,
Fentie Ambaw
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.s323445
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , viral load , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , attrition , ambulatory , cohort , antiretroviral therapy , cohort study , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , confidence interval , dentistry
In Ethiopia, first-line antiretroviral therapy failure is growing rapidly. However, unlike first-line therapy, to date, very little is known about the outcomes of second-line therapy. Thus, this study assessed the rate of viral re-suppression and attrition to care and their predictors among people living with HIV on second-line therapy.