ArticleTropical medicine and health2019
Outcomes and factors affecting mortality and successful tracing among patients lost to follow-up from antiretroviral therapy in Pawi Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.
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- Factors related to loss to follow-up among people living with HIV: a systematic review.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2025Pooled it
- Low-level viremia in people with HIV in Ethiopia is associated with subsequent lack of viral suppression and attrition from care.Global health action · 2025Article
- Outcome of HIV patients on ART during the war and siege in a tertiary hospital in Northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Antiretroviral treatment outcomes and survival pattern of people living with HIV in Bauchi State, Nigeria.PloS one · 2025Article
- Patterns of engagement in care during clients' first 12 months after HIV treatment initiation in South Africa: A retrospective cohort analysis using routinely collected data.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Self-transfers and factors associated with successful tracing among persons lost to follow-up from HIV care, Sheema District, Southwestern Uganda: retrospective medical records review, 2017-2021.AIDS research and therapy · 2022Article
- Predictors of Loss to Follow-Up among HIV-Infected Adults after Initiation of the First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy at Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia: A 5-Year Retrospective Cohort Study.BioMed research international · 2021Article
- Time Until Loss to Follow-Up, Incidence, and Predictors Among Adults Taking ART at Public Hospitals in Southern Ethiopia.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundLoss to follow-up (LTFU) is a major public health problem to antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs in sub-Saharan Africa. Failure to account for patients' LTFU outcomes (self-transfers and restarts) can result in inaccurate reporting of retention in care. In Ethiopia, specifically in the Benishangule Gumuz region, high LTFU reported patients, who were not assessed for their outcomes, are identified as a gap. Therefore, our objective was to determine the outcomes (alive or dead) of patients lost to follow-up (LTFU) from ART and identify factors associated with successful tracing and mortality of these patients.
resultsThe proportion of successful tracing was 75.5% (249 of 330). Among the traced patients (
conclusionART programs need to retain current contact information of patients or guardians/friends for tracing. Having phone contact numbers and prolonged lengths of compliance with ART are predictors of successful tracing, while lack of cotrimoxazole preventive therapy is a predictor of mortality. Early tracing of beginners (newly admitted recipients) and updating their detailed information at each follow-up visit is essential.
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