Abstract:
Abstract
Introduction: Anti-retroviral treatment
Objective: To assess outcomes of self managed cell phone reminder and related
factors to ART adherence among HIV-infected adults at Gondar Specialized referral
Hospital North- West Ethiopia.
Methods: Institutional based retrospective cohort study was conducted in Gondar
Specialized referral Hospital by using Simple random sampling technique and
structured questionnaire 392 charts were selected. Finally Pearson’s chi square test,
logistic and log binomial regression were used for inferential analysis by using
SPSS.
Results: A total of 388 participants with 99%response rate was involved in the study.
Adherence to ART in cell-phone reminder users were found to be 88.3%,
with
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Conclusion and recommendation: Our primary finding implied that self managed
cell phone reminder to anti retroviral treatment
Key word: cell phone reminder , ART adherence, outcomes ,Gondar.
