Prevalence pattern and determinants of disclosure of HIV status in an anti retroviral therapy clinic in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria

Authors :: Dimie Ogoina
O. U. Chukwueke
Otonyo Inatimi
Peter Ogie Ikuabe
Ikenna Desmond Ebuenyi
Tubonye C Harry
Science and Society
Source :: African Journal of Infectious Diseases; Vol 8, No 2 (2014); 22 – 26, Ebuenyi, I D, Ogoina, D, Ikuabe, P O, Harry, T C, Inatimi, O & Chukwueke, O U 2014, ' Prevalence pattern and determinants of disclosure of HIV status in an anti retroviral therapy clinic in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria ', African Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 27-30 . https://doi.org/10.4314/ajid.v8i2.2, African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 8(2), 27-30. Obafemi Awolowo University
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Obafemi Awolowo University, 2014.
Abstract: Background: In order to advance the extent of self-disclosure of HIV sero-status in Nigeria, we evaluated the prevalence, pattern and determinants of disclosure of HIV status amongst adult patients in a hospital in the Niger Delta.Materials and Methods: In a three month cross sectional study undertaken in March 2012, the demographic and clinical data as well as HIV sero-status disclosure frequency and pattern were obtained using a pre-tested questionnaire from consenting HIV infected adults attending the Anti-Retroviral Therapy Clinic in the Niger Delta. Independent determinants of HIV disclosure to current sexual partner were determined using an unconditional logistic model. P

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