Adherence level to antiretroviral therapy predict the time to viral load suppression of adult people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Arba Minch general hospital

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 132; no. 23; pp. 2891 - 2892
• Main Authors: Hussen, Sultan, Mama, Mohammedaman, Mekonnen, Bitewu, Yihun, Manaye, Shegaze, Mulugeta, Boti, Negussie, Shure, Mohammed, Tolossie, Kabtamu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies 05.12.2019; Department of Public Health,College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Arba Minch University,Arba Minch,Ethiopia%Department of Laboratory,College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Mada-Walabu University,Bale Goba,Ethiopia%Department of Nursing,College of Medicine & Health Sciences,Arba Minch University,Arba Minch,Ethiopia%Department of English Language and Literature,College of Social Sciences and Humanities,Arba Minch University,Arba Minch,Ethiopia%Department of Statistics,College of Natural Sciences,Arba Minch University,Arba Minch,Ethiopia; Wolters Kluwer
• Subjects: Antiretroviral drugs; Drug resistance; Drug therapy; Health sciences; HIV; Hospitals; Human immunodeficiency virus; Laboratories; Patients; Ethiopia
• ISSN: 0366-6999; 2542-5641; 2542-5641
• DOI: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000000519

[3] Identifying factors like adherence to HIV treatment that predict time to viral load suppression of patients on antiretroviral therapy regimens is thus vital to optimizing therapeutic success. [...]we conducted an observational clinic-based follow-up study using prospective data abstracted from medical records, patient interviews and laboratory work-up during 6-month follow up of HIV patients in Arba Minch Hospital from March 1, 2017 to February 28, 2018. According to World Health Organization (WHO) strategy for the surveillance and monitoring of HIV drug resistance in low and middle income countries (LMICs), a viral load of < 1000 RNA copies/mL were taken as evidence of viral load suppression. [...]the follow-up time of six months in our study was relatively shorter period compared to other studies that followed their participants for a longer period. [...]our findings are conservative.