Predictors of first-line antiretroviral treatment failure among children on antiretroviral therapy at the University of Gondar comprehensive specialised hospital, North-west, Ethiopia: a 14-year long-term follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the incidence and predictors of first-line human immune deficiency virus treatment failure among human immune deficiency virus-infected children at the University of Gondar comprehensive specialised hospital in Ethiopia.

Design

A retrospective follow-up study.

Setting

University of Gondar comprehensive specialised hospital, North-west, Ethiopia.

Participants

Children were among the HIV infected from January 2005 to December 2018. There were 336 children included in the study. The data were entered into EPi Info V.7.2 and then exported to STATA V.14.0 Software for analysis. Both bivariable and multivariable analyses with Cox proportional hazards models were used to identify the predictors of treatment failure.

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SUBMITTER: Wondifraw EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9772663 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature