Patient-reported factors associated with reengagement among HIV-infected patients disengaged from care in East Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Engagement in care is key to successful HIV treatment in resource-limited settings; yet little is known about the magnitude and determinants of reengagement among patients out of care. We assessed patient-reported reasons for not returning to clinic, identified latent variables underlying these reasons, and examined their influence on subsequent care reengagement.

Design

We used data from the East Africa International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS to identify a cohort of patients disengaged from care (>3 months late for last appointment, reporting no HIV care in preceding 3 months) (n = 430) who were interviewed about reasons why they stopped care. Among the 399 patients for whom follow-up data were available, 104 returned to clinic within a median obser

SUBMITTER: Camlin CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4996364 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature