Status of HIV-infected patients classified as lost to follow up from a large antiretroviral program in southwest Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Loss to follow-up (LTFU) is a term used to classify patients no longer being seen in a clinical care program, including HIV treatment programs. It is unclear if these patients have transferred their care services elsewhere, died, or if there are other reasons for their LTFU. To better understand the status of patients meeting the criteria of LTFU, we traced a sample of HIV-infected patients that were LTFU from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) antiretroviral program.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study of HIV-infected adult patients who enrolled for care between 2010 and 2014 at LUTH and were considered LTFU. Patients with locator information were traced using phone calls. Face-to-face interviews were used to collect data from successfully tra

SUBMITTER: Balogun M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6657856 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature