Loss to follow-up and mortality among pregnant women referred to a community clinic for antiretroviral treatment
- 20 August 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in AIDS
- Vol. 22 (13), 1679-1681
- https://doi.org/10.1097/qad.0b013e32830ebcee
Abstract
In a retrospective cohort analysis, loss to follow-up and mortality rates were compared between pregnant and nonpregnant women referred to a community-based antiretroviral treatment program in South Africa. Although there was no significant difference in adjusted mortality rates between the two groups, the pregnant women had a substantially higher risk of loss to follow-up both pretreatment and on-treatment. This finding highlights the need for programmatic interventions to address retention in care for this patient population.Keywords
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