Determinants of ART Adherence Among Pregnant and Lactating Women in Eastern Ethiopia, 2016

Eastern Ethiopia survey of 359 pregnant and lactating women attending ART clinics at four public health facilities in Harar and Dire Dawa in 2016. Data were collected via a pretested, semi-structured questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 16 to assess adherence to Option B+ ART. The study was authored by Nega Assefa and published as an Open Access paper.

Use Cases

• Modeling ART adherence based on socio-demographic factors like urban/rural residence mentioned in the description.
• Identifying key support factors for adherence based on reported husband support and ART counseling.
• Analyzing the association between antenatal care (ANC) attendance and adequate ART adherence.
• Studying the role of attitude towards PMTCT in predicting medication adherence outcomes.

Strengths

• Includes data from 359 participants, a substantial sample size for a facility-based study.
• Reports specific adherence outcome: 251 (82.6%) of participants achieved adequate adherence.
• Identifies statistically significant factors with Adjusted Odds Ratios (AORs), such as urban residence (AOR=4.1) and ANC follow-up (AOR=3.8).

Limitations

• Row count for the underlying dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific hospitals in Dire Dawa and Harar.

Provenance

Source

Nega Assefa via paperswithcode

Collection Method

Facility-based cross-sectional study using a pretested, semi-structured questionnaire.

Time Range

2016

Geography

Public hospitals in Harar and Dire Dawa cities, Eastern Ethiopia