Mortality Among HIV-Infected Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy in Southern Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Monitoring and evaluation of clinical programs requires assessing patient outcomes. Numerous challenges complicate these efforts, the most insidious of which is loss to follow-up (LTFU). LTFU is a composite outcome, including individuals out of care, undocumented transfers, and unreported deaths. Incorporation of vital status information from routine patient outreach may improve the mortality estimates for those LTFU.

Settings

We analyzed routinely collected clinical and patient tracing data for individuals (15 years or older) initiating antiretroviral treatment between January 2014 and December 2018 at 2 public HIV care clinics in greater Rakai, Uganda.

Methods

We derived unadjusted mortality estimates using Kaplan-Meier methods. Estimates, adjusted for un

SUBMITTER: Nabukalu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10898547 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature