Loss to follow-up and its predictors among children living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy, southern Oromia, Ethiopia: a 5-year retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Loss to follow-up (LTFU) among paediatric patients living with HIV presents a significant challenge to the global scale-up of life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Objectives

This study aims to estimate LTFU incidence and its determinants among children with HIV on ART in Shashemene town public health institutions, Oromia, Ethiopia.

Design

A retrospective cohort study from 1 January 2015 to 30 December 2020.

Setting

This study was conducted in Shashemene town, Oromia, Ethiopia.

Participants

Medical records of 269 children receiving ART at health facilities in Shashemene town were included.

Methods

Data from patients' medical records were collected using a standardised checklist. EpiData V.3.1 was employed for data entry, while Stati

SUBMITTER: Bankere AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11293378 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature