Incidence of attrition and predictors among HIV-infected adolescents receiving antiretroviral therapy in public hospitals, South Ethiopia: a multicentre retrospective follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to determine the incidence of attrition and its predictors among HIV-infected adolescents receiving antiretroviral therapy in public hospitals, South Ethiopia.

Study design

A multicentre retrospective follow-up study was conducted, and Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify predictors of the study outcome variable (attrition).

Settings

The study was conducted in eight public hospitals (two general and six primary hospitals) in South Ethiopia.

Participants

Adolescents (10-19 years) on antiretroviral therapy from 1 January 2014 to 30 December 2023 (n=409). The data were collected from patients' charts and electronic data records.

Outcome variable

The primary outcome was time to attrition, and the secondary outcome wa

SUBMITTER: Guyo TG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12020770 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature