Describing Point of Entry into Care and Being Lost to Program in a Cohort of HIV Positive Pregnant Women in a Large Urban Centre in Uganda
Joint Authors
Rachel, Musomba
Frank, Mubiru
Kalule, Ivan
Nakalema, Shadia
Mackline, Hope
Ratanshi, Rosalind Parkes
Agnes, Kiragga N.
Castelnuovo, Barbara
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-04-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
We aim to describe the time of entry into care and factors associated with being lost to program (LTP) in pregnant women on Option B Plus in an integrated HIV and antenatal care (ANC) clinic in Uganda.
Methods.
We included all pregnant women enrolled into the integrated HIV-ANC clinic from January 2012 to 31st July 2014, while the follow up period extended up to October 30th 2015.
LTP was defined as being out of care for ≥3 months.
Results.
Overall 856 women were included.
Only 36.4% (86/236) of the women were enrolled in the first trimester.
Overall 69 (8.1%) were LTP.
In the multivariate analysis older women (HR: 0.80 per five-year increase, CI: 0.64–1.0, and P=0.060) and women on ART at the time of pregnancy (0.58, CI: 0.34–0.98, and P=0.040) were more likely not to be LTP.
Among women already on ART at the time of pregnancy no factor was associated with LTP.
Conclusion.
Our results suggest the need for interventions to enhance prompt linkage of HIV positive women to HIV services for ART initiation and for increased retention particularly in young and ART naive women.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rachel, Musomba& Frank, Mubiru& Nakalema, Shadia& Mackline, Hope& Kalule, Ivan& Agnes, Kiragga N.…[et al.]. 2017. Describing Point of Entry into Care and Being Lost to Program in a Cohort of HIV Positive Pregnant Women in a Large Urban Centre in Uganda. AIDS Research and Treatment،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130927
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rachel, Musomba…[et al.]. Describing Point of Entry into Care and Being Lost to Program in a Cohort of HIV Positive Pregnant Women in a Large Urban Centre in Uganda. AIDS Research and Treatment No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130927
American Medical Association (AMA)
Rachel, Musomba& Frank, Mubiru& Nakalema, Shadia& Mackline, Hope& Kalule, Ivan& Agnes, Kiragga N.…[et al.]. Describing Point of Entry into Care and Being Lost to Program in a Cohort of HIV Positive Pregnant Women in a Large Urban Centre in Uganda. AIDS Research and Treatment. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130927
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1130927