Table 2 Clinical Characteristics of Patients at Dembia Woreda Health Institutions, Northwest Ethiopia
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Duration of treatment | < 60 months | 145 | 47.1% |
>_60 months | 163 | 52.9% | |
Recent viral load | < 1000 copies/ml | 296 | 96.2% |
>_1000 copies/ml | 12 | 3.8% | |
ART regimen | 1. AZT/3TC/NEV | 3 | 0.5% |
2. TDF/3TC/EFA | 4 | 1.2% | |
TLD | 301 | 98.3% | |
Adherence | Good | 300 | 97.6% |
Fair | 7 | 2.1% | |
Poor | 1 | 0.2% | |
Perceived HIV disclosure | Yes | 236 | 76.6% |
No | 72 | 23.4% | |
Frequency of visit | Every month | 10 | 3.3% |
Every three month | 99 | 32.0% | |
Every six month | 199 | 64.7% | |
Time taken to reach hospital | < 30 min. | 225 | 73.0% |
30–60 min. | 61 | 19.8% | |
> 60 min. | 22 | 7.2% | |
Opportunistic infections | yes | 41 | 13.3 |
No | 267 | 86.7 |