Factors associated with HIV viral suppression among adolescents in Kabale district, South Western Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The goal of antiretroviral therapy is to achieve sustained human immune deficiency virus (HIV) viral suppression. However, research on factors associated with viral load suppression among adolescents in low and middle-income countries is limited. The objectives of this study were to determine HIV viral suppression levels among adolescents in Kabale district and the associated clinical, adherence and psychosocial factors.

Methods

Cross-sectional and retrospective cohort study designs were used. Two hundred and forty-nine adolescents living with HIV that attended clinics between September and October 2019 at nine health facilities were interviewed and their medical records reviewed. A data abstraction tool was used to collect clinical data from adolescent's clinical

SUBMITTER: Gordon TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9387807 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature