Experience of fatigue and associated factors among adult people living with HIV attending ART clinic: a hospital-based cross-sectional study in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of fatigue and the factors associated among adult people living with HIV attending antiretroviral therapy clinic in Gondar town, Ethiopia.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

Governmental health facility that provides HIV care in Gondar town.

Outcome measure

Fatigue is defined by nine items version Fatigue Severity Scale.

Participants

Adult (aged 18 and above) people living with HIV in Gondar town (n=392).

Result

A total of 408 HIV seropositive adults were approached for consent, among which 392 participants consented to participate in this study, with a response rate of 96.1%. The mean age of the participants was 40.5±8.5 years. The prevalence of HIV-related fatigue was 53.3% and about 66% of wom

SUBMITTER: Baye M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7580062 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature