Nutritional Recovery and Its Predictors among Adult HIV Patients on Therapeutic Feeding Program at Finote-Selam General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Table 2
Baseline and follow-up clinical characteristics of adult malnourished HIV patients enrolled in the therapeutic feeding program, Finote-Selam Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2010–2017.
Variables
Category
Frequency (percentage)
Recovered
Not recovered
ART status
On ART
190 (82.6%)
106 (72.6%)
Pre-ART
40 (17.4%)
40 (27.4%)
Duration of ART
<6 month
65 (34.2%)
34 (32.0)
6–12
14 (7.4%)
4 (3.8)
>12 month
111 (58.4%)
68 (64.2%)
ART adherence level
Good
115 (61.2%)
44 (41.5)
Fair/poor
73 (38.8%)
64 (58.8%)
WHO clinical stage
Stages I and II
152 (66.1%)
76 (52.1%)
Stages III and IV
78 (33.9%)
70 (47.9%)
CD4 count
<100
57 (24.8%)
29 (19.9%)
100–200
55 (23.9%)
47 (32.2%)
200–350
63 (27.4%)
38 (26.0%)
>350
55 (23.9%)
32 (21.9%)
Hemoglobin
<10
7 (8.6%)
12 (28.6%)
10–11.99
10 (12.3%)
16 (38.1%)
≥12
64 (79.0%)
14 (33.3%)
Functional status
Working
214 (93.0%)
117 (80.1%)
Ambulatory/Bedridden
16 (7.0%)
29 (19.9%)
Baseline OIs
Yes
25 (10.9%)
35 (24.0%)
No
205 (89.1%)
111 (76.0%)
Cotrimoxazole status
Yes
211 (91.7%)
128 (87.7%)
No
19 (8.3%)
18 (12.3%)
INH status
Yes
57 (24.8%)
31 (21.2%)
No
173 (75.2%)
115 (78.8%)
Other medication
Yes
16 (7.0%)
17 (11.6%)
No
214 (93.0%)
129 (88.4%)
Type of malnutrition
MAM
186 (80.9%)
83 (56.8%)
SAM
44 (19.1%)
63 (43.2%)
ART, antiretroviral treatment; INH, isoniazid; OI, opportunistic infection; WHO, World Health Organization.
