Determinants of CD4 count and risk for death of HIV infected children under ART
Abstract The main objective of this study was to identify variables jointly affected for CD4 count and hazard time to death of HIV-infected children under ART at Felege Hiwot Referal and Specialized Hospital. A retrospective cohort study design was conducted on 202 HIV-infected children under ART wh...
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| description | Abstract The main objective of this study was to identify variables jointly affected for CD4 count and hazard time to death of HIV-infected children under ART at Felege Hiwot Referal and Specialized Hospital. A retrospective cohort study design was conducted on 202 HIV-infected children under ART whose follow-ups were from January 2014 up to December 2018. The descriptive statistics revealed that about 25.2% of HIV-infected children under ART in the study period(Jaunary 2014–December 2018) died and 74.8% were censored. The estimated association parameter in the joint model was − 0.8339 and statistically significant (p value = 0.025). There was a negative relationship between the two response variables namely CD4 count and the risk for death on HIV-positive children under treatment. The level of education of children's parents, level of disclosure of the disease, baseline CD4 count, functional status, and adherence level were statistically and significantly affected for the two response variables, CD4 count and risks for the death of children. Separate and joint models have been compared interims of standard error and the joint model had a small standard error as compared to the separate models. The small standard errors in joint models indicate that the joint model was better in detecting variables that affected the two responses in this regard. Health-related education should be conducted to parents of children for easy recovery of CD4 count and for reducing risks for the death of children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b06355a5431b4d9990edac95b8489b392022-12-22T03:03:41ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-04-011211710.1038/s41598-022-10880-yDeterminants of CD4 count and risk for death of HIV infected children under ARTAyitenew Agegn Gwadu0Awoke Seyoum Tegegne1Department of Statistics, Dire Dawa UniversityDepartment of Statistics, Bahir Dar UniversityAbstract The main objective of this study was to identify variables jointly affected for CD4 count and hazard time to death of HIV-infected children under ART at Felege Hiwot Referal and Specialized Hospital. A retrospective cohort study design was conducted on 202 HIV-infected children under ART whose follow-ups were from January 2014 up to December 2018. The descriptive statistics revealed that about 25.2% of HIV-infected children under ART in the study period(Jaunary 2014–December 2018) died and 74.8% were censored. The estimated association parameter in the joint model was − 0.8339 and statistically significant (p value = 0.025). There was a negative relationship between the two response variables namely CD4 count and the risk for death on HIV-positive children under treatment. The level of education of children's parents, level of disclosure of the disease, baseline CD4 count, functional status, and adherence level were statistically and significantly affected for the two response variables, CD4 count and risks for the death of children. Separate and joint models have been compared interims of standard error and the joint model had a small standard error as compared to the separate models. The small standard errors in joint models indicate that the joint model was better in detecting variables that affected the two responses in this regard. Health-related education should be conducted to parents of children for easy recovery of CD4 count and for reducing risks for the death of children.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10880-y |
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| title | Determinants of CD4 count and risk for death of HIV infected children under ART |
| title_full | Determinants of CD4 count and risk for death of HIV infected children under ART |
| title_fullStr | Determinants of CD4 count and risk for death of HIV infected children under ART |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of CD4 count and risk for death of HIV infected children under ART |
| title_short | Determinants of CD4 count and risk for death of HIV infected children under ART |
| title_sort | determinants of cd4 count and risk for death of hiv infected children under art |
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