Open AccessWhy do patients in pre-anti retroviral therapy (ART) care default: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Jaya Chakravarty,
Sangeeta Kansal,
Narendra Kumar Tiwary,
Shyam Sundar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.183584
Subject(s) - antiretroviral therapy , medicine , family medicine , outreach , default , art therapy , pediatrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , physical therapy , viral load , finance , political science , law , economics
Approximately, 40% of the patients registered in the National AIDS Control Program in India are not on antiretroviral therapy (ART), i.e., are in pre-ART care. However, there are scarce data regarding the retention of pre-ART patients under routine program conditions. The main objective of this study was to find out the reasons for default among patients in pre-ART care.