Traditional healers, HIV outcomes, and mortality among people living with HIV in Senegal, West Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The goals of this study were to determine the frequency of traditional healer use among people living with HIV in Senegal, to identify predictors of traditional healer use, and to determine if traditional healer use is associated with HIV outcomes.

Design

Prospective longitudinal study.

Methods

Participants were enrolled from April 2017 to April 2018 in Dakar and Ziguinchor, Senegal. Interviews, clinical evaluations, laboratory analyses, and chart review were conducted. Logistic regression was used to identify sociodemographic predictors of traditional healer use and to determine the associations between HIV-outcomes and use of a traditional healer. Survival analysis was conducted using the Kaplan-Meier method.

Results

Data from 157 HIV-positive indi

SUBMITTER: Benzekri NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6993953 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature