scholarly journals Virological Treatment Failure Among Adult HIV/AIDS Patients from Selected Hospitals of North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 4417-4425
Author(s):  
Behailu Tariku Derseh ◽  
Belay Shewayerga ◽  
Abinet Dagnew Mekuria ◽  
Elyas Admasu Basha
Author(s):  
Cok Istri Sri Dharma Astiti ◽  
A.A Sagung Sawitri ◽  
Tuti Parwati

Background and purpose: The incidence of first line ART failure is increasing in the South East Asia region. The main referral hospital in Bali has recorded an increased use of second line ART due to the first line ART failure. This study aims to explore risk factors associated to first line ART failure.Methods: A case control study was conducted among people living with HIV and AIDS at Sanglah Hospital Denpasar who started first line ART between 2004 and 2013. Cases were those who diagnosed as having clinical treatment failure and still on treatment in 2015. Controls were those with no treatment failure. Sex and year of ART initiation were matched between case and control. Data were obtained from medical records that include initial regiments, HIV mode of transmission, the WHO HIV clinical stage, CD4 count, opportunistic infections, body mass index, hemoglobin level, and drug substitution at the beginning and during treatment. Risk factors were analysed using logistic regression.Results: Out of 68 HIV/AIDS patients with clinical ART failure, 72.1% were confirmed with immunological and 36.8% were confirmed with virological failure. Median time before treatment failure was 3.5 years. Factors associated to ART failure were HIV clinical stage IV with (AOR=3.43; 95%CI=1.65-7.13) and being widow/widower (AOR=4.85; 95%CI=1.52-15.53). Patients with TB co-infection have a lower risk for treatment failure due to early diagnosis and treatment through TB-HIV program with (AOR=0.32; 95%CI=0.14-0.70).Conclusions: Higher HIV clinical stage at ART initiation increases the risk of treatment failure. HIV-TB co-infection indirectly reduces the risk of treatment failure.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Behailu Tariku Derseh ◽  
Belay Shewayerga ◽  
Abinet Dagnaw ◽  
Elyas Admasu Basha

Abstract Background Nowadays Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) is one of the devastating and prevalent viruses affecting the globe without a cure. Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality of patients with HIV infection. Although there is increasing global use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for the treatment of HIV/AIDs, the global trends in ART failure are growing. In developing countries including Ethiopia, particularly in our study settings, information related to the magnitude and correlates of virological treatment failure is scarce. Thus, this study aimed at assessing the magnitude of virological treatment failure and associated factors among HIV reactive adults at selected hospitals of North Shoa, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Methods a facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 498 study participants who started their first-line HAART from August 2005 to December 2018. Data were collected from patients’ charts and face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire. The bivariable analysis was executed to select candidate predictor variables at a p-value of less than 0.2. Multivariable logistic regression (forward stepwise, conditional) analysis was used to identify factors associated with virologic failure at a significant level of 5%. Model adequacy check was done by Hosmer and Lemeshow (p = 0.57) and Naglkerke R Square (0.46) was calculated to express the variability of virological failure by predictors. Result More than half 290 (58.2%) of the study participants were females. The median age at ART initiation was 40 years with an interquartile range (IQR) of 15 years. The median duration of virologic failure since initiation of treatment was 96 months (IQR) of 72. The magnitude of virological treatment failure was 10.24% (95% CI: 7.57% − 12.91%). Poor ART drug adherence (AOR = 4.54; 95% CI: 2.09, 9.87), CD4 count less than 250 cell/µl (AOR = 24.88; 95% CI: 11.73, 52.81) and Poor Quality of Life (QoL) (AOR = 2.65; 95% CI: 1.12, 6.25) were independent predictors of virologic failure. Conclusion The magnitude of Virologic ART treatment failure in this study was relatively high. Poor ART drug adherence, patients’ having lower CD4 count and poorer quality of life were predictors of treatment failure. Thus, an intervention programs that enriches patients’ health-related quality of life should be implemented. Moreover, counseling that supplements the importance of drug adherence and reduction of risks that lower CD4 counts should be given emphasis which in turn helps to prevent first-line ART treatment failure.


Author(s):  
Niyonziza Z Bitwale ◽  
David P Mnzava ◽  
Francisca D Kimaro ◽  
Theopista Jacob ◽  
Bonaventura C T Mpondo ◽  
...  

Abstract Background As the World Health Organization (WHO) and its joint partners such as USAIDS target achieving 90% sustained virological suppression among children and adolescents living with Human Immunodeficience Virus (HIV)/AIDS, it is imperative to elucidate the current prevalence and factors associated with virological treatment failure for formulation of appropriate strategies. This study was conducted determine the prevalence and factors associated with virological treatment failure among children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy (ART) attending HIV/AIDS care clinics in Dodoma, Central Tanzania. Methods This was a cross-sectional study of children aged 1–19 years attending 3 HIV/AIDS care clinics in Dodoma (central Tanzania) from November 2018 to February 2019. Sociodemographic and clinical factors were documented, HIV viral load and CD4+ T lymphocytes were evaluated for children on ART for ≥6 months. The primary outcomes were the prevalence and factors associated with viralogic treatment failure. Results Of 300 children enrolled, 102 (34%) had virological treatment failure. Poor adherence to ART (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 3.221; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.867–5.558; P = .032), nevirapine regimen (AOR = 3.185; 95% CI, 1.473–6.886; P ≤ .001), not using cotrimoxazole prophylaxis (AOR = 25.56; 95% CI, 3.15–27.55; P = .002) and nondisclosure of HIV status to others (AOR = 7.741; 95% CI, 2.351–25.489; P = .001) were independently associated with virological treatment failure. Conclusions Current prevalence of virological treatment failure among children and adolescents living with HIV on ART remain high. Factors such as ART adherence, nevirapine based regimen, HIV status disclosure to those caring for the child need to be addressed to achieve sustained virological suppression.


2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariam M. Mirambo ◽  
Charles Kivambe ◽  
Martha F. Mushi ◽  
Maria Zinga ◽  
Elifuraha B. Mngumi ◽  
...  

 Toxoplasmosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with advanced HIV disease. However, there is limited data on the magnitude of toxoplasmosis among HIV patients with immunological treatment failure. Therefore, this study was designed to determine the seroprevalence of specific Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies among HIV/AIDS patients attending Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza, Tanzania. Immunological treatment failure was defined using the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria and specific T.gondii IgG antibodies were determined using indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent (ELISA). A total of 178 non-repetitive sera from HIV/AIDS patients were analyzed. The mean age of study participants was 38.5±11.3 years. Majority of study participants were males 120 (67.42%). Out of 178 patients, 38 (21.34%) were diagnosed to have immunological failure. T.gondii specific IgG antibodies were found in 26 (68.4%) of the patients with immunological failure compared to 46 (32.86%) of those without immunological failure (OR: 4.42, CI: 2.05-9.55; p<0.001). The seroprevalence of T.gondii infection is high among patients with immunological treatment failure and place them at a high risk of T. gondii encephalitis necessitating sustained trimethoprim-sulfamethaxazole prophylaxis to prevent reactivation.   


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cok Istri Sri Dharma Astiti ◽  
Anak Agung Sagung Sawitri ◽  
Ketut Tuti Parwati Merati

Background and purpose: The incidence of first line ART failure is increasing in the South East Asia region. The main referral hospital in Bali has recorded an increased use of second line ART due to the first line ART failure. This study aims to explore risk factors associated to first line ART failure.Methods: A case control study was conducted among people living with HIV and AIDS at Sanglah Hospital Denpasar who started first line ART between 2004 and 2013. Cases were those who diagnosed as having clinical treatment failure and still on treatment in 2015. Controls were those with no treatment failure. Sex and year of ART initiation were matched between case and control. Data were obtained from medical records that include initial regiments, HIV mode of transmission, the WHO HIV clinical stage, CD4 count, opportunistic infections, body mass index, hemoglobin level, and drug substitution at the beginning and during treatment. Risk factors were analysed using logistic regression.Results: Out of 68 HIV/AIDS patients with clinical ART failure, 72.1% were confirmed with immunological and 36.8% were confirmed with virological failure. Median time before treatment failure was 3.5 years. Factors associated to ART failure were HIV clinical stage IV (AOR=3.43; 95%CI=1.65-7.13) and being widow/widower (AOR=4.85; 95%CI=1.52-15.53). Patients with TB co-infection have a lower risk for treatment failure due to early diagnosis and treatment through TB-HIV program (AOR=0.32; 95%CI=0.14-0.70).Conclusions: Higher HIV clinical stage at ART initiation increases the risk of treatment failure. HIV-TB co-infection indirectly reduces the risk of treatment failure.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Behailu Tariku Derseh ◽  
Belay Shewayerga ◽  
Abinet Dagnaw ◽  
Elyas Admasu Basha

Abstract Background: Nowadays Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) is one of the devastating and prevalent virus affecting the globe without a cure. Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality of patients with HIV infection. Although there is increasing global use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for the treatment of HIV/AIDs, the global trends in ART failure is growing. In developing countries including Ethiopia, particularly in our study settings, information related to magnitude and correlates of virological treatment failure is scarce. Thus, this study aimed at assessing the magnitude of virological treatment failure and associated factors among HIV reactive adults at selected hospitals of north Shoa, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.Methods: a facility based cross-sectional study was conducted among 498 study participants who started their first-line HAART from August 2005 to December 2018. Data were collected from patients’ charts and face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire. Bivariable analysis was executed to select candidate predictor variables at a p-value less than 0.2. Multivariable logistic regression (forward stepwise, conditional) analysis was used to identify factors associated with virologic failure at significant level of 5%. Model adequacy check was done by Hosmer and Lemshow (p = 0.57) and Naglkerke R Square (0.46) was calculated to express the variability of virological failure by predictors.Result: More than half 290 (58.2%) of study participants were females. The median age at ART initiation was 40 years with an interquartile range (IQR) of 15 years. The median duration of virologic failure since initiation of treatment was 96 months (IQR) of 72. The magnitude of virological treatment failure was 10.24% (95% CI: 7.57% - 12.91%). Poor ART drug adherence (AOR = 4.54; 95% CI: 2.09, 9.87), CD4 count less than 250 cell/μl (AOR = 24.88; 95% CI: 11.73, 52.81) and Poor Quality of Life (QoL) (AOR = 2.65; 95% CI: 1.12, 6.25) were independent predictors of virologic failure. Conclusion: The magnitude of Virologic ART treatment failure in this study was relatively high. Poor ART drug adherence, patients’ having lower CD4 count and poorer quality of life were predictors of treatment failure. Thus, intervention program that enrich patients’ health related quality of life should be implemented. Moreover, counselling that supplement the importance of drug adherence and reduction of risks that lowers CD4 counts should be given emphasis which in turn helps to prevent first-line ART treatment failure.


Pflege ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 293-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Spirig ◽  
Dunja Nicca ◽  
V. Werder ◽  
J. Voggensperger ◽  
Miriam Unger ◽  
...  

Die Entwicklung und Etablierung einer erweiterten und vertieften Pflegepraxis («Advanced Nursing Practice») ist ein wichtiger Schritt in Richtung einer zukunftsorientierten Pflege. An der HIV-Sprechstunde der Medizinischen Universitätspoliklinik des Kantonsspitals Basel, wo akut- und chronischkranke PatientInnen mit HIV/Aids medizinisch und pflegerisch behandelt werden, wurde deshalb ein Aktionsforschungsprojekt in Gang gesetzt mit dem Ziel, PatientInnen kompetentere Dienstleistungen anzubieten. Partizipative Aktionsforschung ist ein Prozess, mit dem gleichzeitig Wissen über ein System generiert und dieses System verändert wird. Im Mittelpunkt des Prozesses steht die kontinuierliche Analyse, Verbesserung und Evaluation der Pflege zugunsten von Patienten und Angehörigen. Eine erweiterte und vertiefte HIV/Aids-Pflegepraxis erfordert solides Grundlagenwissen über die Krankheit und über die aktuelle Behandlung. Patientenpräferenzen, Caring, Erfahrungswissen und Evidenz sind wesentliche konzeptuelle Grundpfeiler. Neben der Aneignung von neuen Kenntnissen spezialisierten sich die Pflegenden in einem von ihnen gewählten Gebiet der HIV/Aids-Pflege, z.B. im Umgang mit Medikamenten und der Bedeutung der Therapietreue, Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention oder im Umgang mit Symptomen, um Beratungen und Schulungen für PatientInnen und Angehörige anzubieten. Mit einer erweiterten und vertieften Pflegepraxis werden Pflegende befähigt, den sich abzeichnenden Veränderungen im Gesundheitswesen zukünftig proaktiv begegnen zu können.


2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 426-428
Author(s):  
T. Jayanthi T. Jayanthi ◽  
◽  
Dr. V. Srikanth Reddy
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