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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Loss to follow-up"”.
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Patient and nurse perspectives on loss to follow-up in HIV care
… Africa in 2017. South Africa has expanded access to anti-retroviral therapy services, from urban centers to resource-constrained rural communities. The rate of loss, however, to follow-up for patients on anti-retroviral treatment continues to increase. Aim of the Study: The aim of this study was …
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Reducing Loss To Follow Up in Foster Children: Standardizing the Intake Protocol
… children. <strong> </strong>The end goal was to contribute to a decrease in patients who are lost to follow up due to a non-standardized process of admitting patients to the clinic. This was a pilot project establishing a standard protocol for the intake of patients to the clinic. The project …
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Prediction of loss to follow-up in postpartum others living with HIV
… living with HIV are at an increased risk of loss to follow-up, which poses a critical barrier in vertical transmission prevention. Previous studies have focused on the aetiology of loss to follow-up, with little emphasis on predictive methods. The aim of this study was to use machine learning …
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Male, Mobile, and Moneyed: Loss to Follow-up in an Urban African Antiretroviral Treatment Clinic
<b>Abstract</b> <b>Introduction:</b> Loss to follow-up (LTFU) from an antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinic is understood to be an indicator of potential ART interruption and increased clinical risk for HIV-infected individuals. Little is known about the timing, characteristics, and reasons for loss …
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Late mortality, loss to follow-up, and associated factors in adults on long term antiretroviral therapy in Khayelitsha
The objectives of the study is to estimate baseline characteristics, survival, and factors associated with mortality and losses to follow-up in patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART), and compare the periods before (early) and after (late) 3 months on treatment.
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Factors associated with the loss to follow-up and mortality among adolescents and young people receiving antiretroviral therapy in Lesotho
… human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2022. The loss to follow-up (LTFU), challenges with retention to HIV care, and mortality among adolescents and young people living with HIV are prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. Factors such as lack of support from the health system, school environments, and …
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Loss to follow-up from South Africa's antiretroviral treatment programme: Trends, risk factors, and models of care to improve retention
… expanded in resource-limited settings. Access to ART has been accelerated through a public health approach to reduce morbidity and mortality, thereby transforming HIV from a humanitarian crisis to a chronic disease. However, the benefits of ART to patients and communities are dependent on …
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Factors associated with loss to follow-up after occupational HIV exposure among health care workers attending the Groote Schuur Hospital Occupational Health Clinic
Background There is limited data on factors associated with loss to follow-up (LTFU) of health care workers (HCWs) following occupational exposure to HIV, and most studies were conducted in an era when poorly tolerated antiretrovirals (ART) like zidovudine were used. Methods A retrospective cohort …
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Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in sub-saharan africa: a scoping review
… countries. The aim of this review was to synthesize the literature describing TH for HIE in sub-Saharan Africa by searching Pubmed, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science from 1996–2023. Thirty records were included: Three surveys, one feasibility study and 26 publications …
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HIV-positive African women’s engagement with HIV care in the UK during and after pregnancy
Approximately 1400 HIV-positive women are known to become pregnant in the UK each year, the overwhelming majority being from Sub-Saharan Africa. The overall question I pose in this thesis is: how do African women living with HIV in the UK engage with HIV services and interventions during and after …
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Look and Leep: How are we doing? An audit of GSH colposcopy clinic from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2021
… in well developed nations, primarily attributed to the implementation of efficacious screening services. Such screening services pose formidable challenges in developing countries. Therefore, the ‘See-and-Treat' strategy has been adopted in South Africa and other developing countries to reduce …
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Completion of isoniazid preventive therapy and factors associated with non-completion in an antiretroviral therapy-naive HIV-infected cohort in Cape Town by Tolu Oni.
… including the fear of non-adherence. A protocol was therefore written to conduct a study to measure IPT completion rates and evaluate predictors of non-completion of a six-month IPT course in Khayelitsha, an informal township in Cape Town. Prior to data analysis, a structured literature …
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Treatment outcome of HIV-1 infected children on antiretroviral therapy in the Limpopo Province of South Africa
… infected children in the HIV/AIDS Prevention Group (HAPG) program in Bela-Bela in the Limpopo province of South Africa.Study design and methods: A quantitative approach involving a retrospective cohort design was used for the study. The study included all children under the age of 15 that were …
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A retrospective cohort study: The retention in care of HIV positive pregnant and breastfeeding patients universally initiated on lifelong ART ('OptionB+') in the Klipfontein/Mitchells Plain substructure in Cape Town
The implementation of 'Option B+' has increased uptake and access to antiretroviral (ART) care. However, growing concerns exist regarding retention, especially once vertical transmission risk ceases. Considering the importance of adherence to achieve virological suppression and avoid resistance …
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Perceived factors associated with LTFU from Art Program among adults living with HIV in Vhembe District, South Africa
Losses to follow-up have emerged as a legitimate threat to the long-term success of the Anti-Retroviral therapy program. The success of Anti-Retroviral therapy program is monitored through retention in care and viral load suppression. This study describes perceived factors associated with loss to …
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A formative and outcome evaluation of a community based antiretroviral therapy adherence programme : the case of Sizophila, Cape Town, South Africa
… organization. The aim of the programme is to enhance ART health outcomes and promote individual wellbeing among people accessing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) related services in the Hannan-Crusaid Centre. The goal of the evaluation was to …
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Retention in care among HIV-infected women initiating ART during pregnancy: a cohort study
… potentially high levels of non-adherence and/or loss to follow-up (LTF) that may attenuate the benefits of ART for HIV transmission and maternal health. We investigated missed visits and LTF among women initiating ART during pregnancy in Cape Town, South Africa. Methodology: A retrospective …
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The evolution and effectiveness of the South African antiretroviral therapy program
… data on key outcomes like mortality and loss to follow-up (LTF) are limited. A few cohorts have published patient outcomes but there is no national reporting on ART scale-up and its impact on the health of HIV-infected individuals. Yet such monitoring of outcomes is vital to inform and …
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Twelve Month outcome analysis of a South African Intensive Care Unit.
… The description of outcomes after admission to Critical Care Units in Africa is sparse, reporting mortality rates between 23.6% and 53.6%. South African data, thus far, show in-ICU mortality rates between 9% and 19.7%. To our knowledge, no evaluation of ICU outcomes has ever been performed on …
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Modeling Recurrent Metastatic Events
… with certain tumors preferentially spreading to specific organ sites – known as organotropism. The site of metastatic spread can significantly impact the mortality of cancer patients, for example with metastases to the brain being highly lethal, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly …
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