HIV patients retention and attrition in care and their determinants in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is paucity of evidence on the magnitude of HIV patients' retention and attrition in Ethiopia. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine the pooled magnitude of HIV patient clinical retention and attrition and to identify factors associated with retention and attrition in Ethiopia.

Methods

Systematic review and meta-analysis were done among studies conducted in Ethiopia using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guideline. Both published and unpublished studies conducted from January 1, 2005 to June 6th, 2019 were included. Major databases and search engines such as Google Scholar, PUBMED, African Journals Online (AJOL) and unpublished sources were searched to retrieve relevant articles. Data were assessed for qu

SUBMITTER: Abebe Moges N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7310275 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature