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    Loss to follow up from isoniazid preventive therapy among adults attending HIV voluntary counseling and testing sites in Uganda.

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    Namuwenge, P M
    Mukonzo, J K
    Kiwanuka, N
    Wanyenze, R
    Byaruhanga, R
    Bissell, K
    Zachariah, R
    Affiliation
    Makerere University School of Public Health P.O. Box 7072 Kampala Uganda; AIDS Information Centre headquarters, P.O. Box 10446 Kampala, Uganda.
    Issue Date
    2012-02
    
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    Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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    Among HIV-infected adults attending non-governmental organization voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) sites in Uganda that provide a nine-month course of isoniazid preventive treatment (IPT), we report on loss to follow-up (LTFU) and its associated risk factors. The design was a retrospective cohort study of program data spanning a three year period (2006-2008). A total of 586 IPT patients were enrolled of whom 335 (57.1%) were females with a mean age of 34 years. Of those starting IPT, 341 (58.1%) were lost to follow-up, 197 (33.6%) completed IPT, 29 (4.9%) were discontinued and 19 (3.2%) died. The return rates at one, three, five and seven months were 78.0% (457), 62.1% (364), 52.9% (310) and 33.6% (197) respectively. Being less than 30 years of age, widowed, separated, or divorced were found to be associated with a higher risk of loss to follow-up. Sudden improvement in retention on IPT was observed between the years 2006 and 2007, although causes of the improvement are poorly understood hence the need for more research. At non-governmental VCT sites in Uganda, six out of ten individuals enrolled on IPT are lost to follow-up and efforts to reduce this attrition including systems strengthening might play a critical role in the success of IPT programs.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10144/204848
    DOI
    10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.10.015
    PubMed ID
    22154974
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1878-3503
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.10.015
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