Amref Health Africa in Kenya.
College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi.
Afr Health Sci. 2021 May;21(Suppl):39-43. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v21i1.7S.
In 2011, 3.4 million children were living with HIV worldwide1.
Describe the characteristics of pediatric patients enrolled into the HIV program at the Kibera community health center between January 2012 and March 2013. Determine the proportion of enrolled paediatric patients lost to follow up. Determine the correlates associated with retention and loss to follow up.
The study was a retrospective cohort study of program data of all pediatric patients enrolled into the HIV program in the facility between January 2012 and March 2013. The data was analyzed using SPSS.
Of the 100 pediatric patients enrolled during the study period, 79 and 21 were HIV negative and positive respectively. Only 4 (5%) of the HIV exposed Infants and 11 (52%) of the HIV positive children were started on ART within the study period. The retention rate of the children at 3 months was 87% while the retention at both 12 and 15 months was 79%. There was an association between the mother or guardian disclosing their status and the retention of the child (p-value 0.026).
The disclosure of the HIV status by parent/guardian to the child was associated with better retention of the children in the program.
2011 年，全球有 340 万儿童感染艾滋病毒。
描述 2012 年 1 月至 2013 年 3 月期间在基贝拉社区卫生中心艾滋病毒项目中登记的儿科患者的特征。确定失访的登记儿科患者的比例。确定与保留和失访相关的因素。
这是一项回顾性队列研究，对 2012 年 1 月至 2013 年 3 月期间该设施中所有登记入艾滋病毒项目的儿科患者的项目数据进行了研究。使用 SPSS 对数据进行分析。
在研究期间，登记的 100 名儿科患者中，79 名 HIV 阴性，21 名 HIV 阳性。只有 4 名（5%）HIV 暴露婴儿和 11 名（52%）HIV 阳性儿童在研究期间开始接受抗逆转录病毒治疗。儿童在 3 个月时的保留率为 87%，而在 12 个月和 15 个月时的保留率均为 79%。母亲或监护人透露其状况与儿童的保留之间存在关联（p 值为 0.026）。
父母/监护人向儿童透露 HIV 状况与儿童在项目中的保留率较高有关。
