Girma Beressa, Susan J Whiting, Tefera Belachew
Effect of nutrition education integrating the health belief model and theory of planned behavior on dietary diversity of pregnant women in Southeast Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled trial
Nutrition journal
suspected cases tuberculosis tb identified confirmation bacteriological tests clinical screening tb people living human immunodeficiency virus hiv routine visits antiretrovirals arvs dispensed aim determine prevalence describe epidemiological clinical characteristics hivtb coinfected patients coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 setting health facilities east region cameroon study addresses knowledge gaps hivtb coinfection covid19 aiming provide insights interaction impact hiv tb covid19 individuals health observational study involved two retrospective cohorts hivtb coinfected patients covid19 pandemic conducted manual reviews medical records antiretroviral therapy art tb registers 262 patients patients coinfected hiv tb period april 2019 april 2021 11 health facilities east cameroon health region sociodemographic clinical characteristics cases extracted consultation registers entered kobo collect application analyzed using statistical package social sciences spss software version 25 study 262 hivtb coinfection cases 603 occurred covid19 397 pandemic hivtb coinfection prevalence among hiv patients 1 patients averaged 393 years age significant shift sex ratios 065 133 precovid19 covid19 cohorts education varied 458 secondary education 448 primary 24 higher education 71 none 789 professional occupations 537 lived rural areas majority newly diagnosed 963 covid19 933 covid19 37 relapses 42 discontinuing treatment pulmonary tb 849 aware treatment duration 946 654 experienced treatmentrelated adverse events regarding family support 693 received help medication however concern 806 adhere anticovid19 measures gender significantly associated compliance patients treatment small percentage discontinued patients need made aware importance complying anticovid19 barrier measures prevent potential worsening health situation moreover clinical biological monitoring needs stepped throughout course antitb treatment