Factors associated with time to death among HIV/TB co-infected patients on ART in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia: A retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death, especially for people living with HIV. However, little is known about the time to death of HIV/TB co-infected patients and associated factors in the study area. This study focused on identifying factors associated with time to death among HIV/TB co-infected patients under antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia.

Methods

From January 2008 to January 2023, a hospital-based retrospective study was conducted on 434 HIV/TB co-infected patients attending the ART clinic at Dilchora Referral Hospital in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. The medical records were reviewed using a structured data extraction tool. Data were entered with Epi Info version 7 and analyzed with Stata version 17. The Kaplan-Meier survival curve was used along with

SUBMITTER: Shasho F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11407048 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature