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. 2019 Jun 17;19(1):771.
doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7078-5.

Clinical and immunological failure among HIV-positive adults taking first-line antiretroviral therapy in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia

Getinet Abera Lenjiso  1 , Berhanu Seyoum Endale  2   3 , Yadeta Dessie Bacha  4
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Clinical and immunological failure among HIV-positive adults taking first-line antiretroviral therapy in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia

Getinet Abera Lenjiso et al. BMC Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: Access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Ethiopia has been scaled up since the introduction of the service in 2003. Free ART was launched in 2005, resulting in fewer new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections and deaths from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). However, immunological and clinical failures for first-line ART due to poor adherence and other factors have received less attention. Thus, this study aims to determine the magnitude and associated factors of clinical and immunological failure among HIV-positive adults after six months of first-line ART in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia.

Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted using secondary data of patients on ART in all health facilities providing ART services in Dire Dawa. A total of 949 samples were collected. The data were entered into Epidata version 3.02, and the analysis was performed using SPSS version 16.0. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to determine the magnitude of clinical and immunological failure and identify factors significantly associated with the outcome variable.

Results: The magnitude of clinical and immunological failure was 22.7% (n = 215). Of these, 33 (15%) patients were switched to second-line ART. CD4 count ≤100 cells/mm3 (AOR: 1.78, 95% CI: 1.18-2.69), poor adherence (AOR: 2.5, 95% CI: 1.19-5.25), restarting after interruption of ART (AOR: 1.93, 95% CI: 1.23-3.07), regimen change (AOR: 1.50, 95% CI: 1.05-2.15), ambulatory/bedridden functional status at the last visit on ART (AOR: 2.41, 95% CI: 1.22-4.75) and patients who died (AOR: 3.94, 95% CI: 1.64-9.45) had higher odds of failure.

Conclusion: The magnitude of clinical and immunological failure was high. To curb this problem, initiation of ART before the occurrence of severe immune suppression, early detection and management of failure and improved adherence support mechanisms are recommended. Restarting treatment after interruption and regimen changes-should-be-made-cautiously.

Keywords: Adherence; Clinical failure; Functional status; Immunological failure.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Diagrammatic presentation of the occurrence of clinical and immunological failure among the study subjects in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia, January 2014
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Duration for the occurrence of clinical and immunological failure among study subjects in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia, January 2014
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