Time Until Loss to Follow-Up, Incidence, and Predictors Among Adults Taking ART at Public Hospitals in Southern Ethiopia

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of ART Attending Patients at Public Health Facilities of Southern Ethiopia, 2018

Variables	Categories	Status
		Loss to Follow-Up	Censored
Sex	Male	97 (50.50%)	265 (36.40%)
	Female	95 (49.50%)	463 (63.60%)
Marital status	Single	65 (33.90%)	85 (11.70%)
	Married	104 (54.20%)	511 (70.20%)
	Divorce	7 (3.60%)	73 (10.00%)
	Widowed	16 (8.30%)	59 (8.10%)
Educational status	No formal education	29 (15.10%)	117 (16.10%)
	Primary (1–8)	64 (33.30%)	294(40.40%)
	Secondary (9–12)	70 (36.50%)	219 (30.10%)
	College and above	29 (15.10%)	98 (13.50%)
Religious status	Orthodox	92 (47.90%)	257 (35.30%)
	Muslim	13 (6.80%)	82 (11.30%)
	Protestant	82 (42.70%)	348 (47.80%)
	Others	5 (2.60%)	41 (5.60%)
Occupational status	Government employee	36 (18.80%)	155 (21.30%)
	House wife	29 (15.10%)	246 (33.80%)
	Daily laborer	31 (16.10%)	86 (11.80%)
	Private employee	45 (23.40%)	42 (5.80%)
	Merchant	28 (14.60%)	93 (12.80%)
	Others	23 (12.00%)	106 (14.60%)
Registered phone number	Yes	63 (32.80%)	623 (85.60%)
	No	129 (67.20%)	105 (14.40%)

Table 2 Clinical Characteristics of ART Attending Patients at Public Hospitals in Southern Ethiopia, 2018

Variables	Category	Status
		Loss to Follow-Up	Censored
Functional status	Working	114 (59.40%)	612 (84.10%)
	Ambulatory	58 (30.20%)	78 (10.70%)
	Bed ridden	20 (10.40%)	38 (5.20%)
Most recent CD4 cell count	Less than 200	74 (38.50%)	251 (34.50%)
	200–500	88 (45.80%)	289 (39.70%)
	More than 500	30 (15.60%)	188 (25.80%)
Duration of stay under ART (in month)	Less than 12	107 (55.70%)	39 (5.40%)
	12–23	70 (36.50%)	165 (22.70%)
	≥24	15 (7.80%)	524 (72.00%)
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	Less than 18.5	75 (39.10%)	96 (13.20%)
	18–24.9	88 (45.80%)	559 (76.80%)
	≥25	29 (15.10%)	73 (10.00%)
ART initiation year	2013	45 (23.40%)	253 (34.80%)
	2014	40 (20.80%)	152 (20.90%)
	2015	35 (18.20%)	142 (19.50%)
	2016	42 (21.90%)	109 (15.00%)
	2017	30 (15.60%)	72 (9.90%)

Figure 1 The Kaplan–Meier estimate of loss to follow-up among patients attending ART at public hospitals in Southern Ethiopia, 2018.

Table 3 The Log Rank Estimate of Variables Among ART Attending Patients in Public Hospitals in Southern Ethiopia, 2018

Variables	Log Rank Estimate of the Variables
	X^2	P-value
Age (in years)	2.41	0.261
Sex	1.35	0.32
Marital status	6.17	0.16
Educational status	4.29	0.23
Religious status	1.14	0.086
Residence	66.11	0.0001
Occupational status	8.03	0.083
Habit of alcohol intake	7.10	0.103
Habit of cigarette smoking	5.30	0.091
Distance between home and hospital	163.75	0.0001
Registered phone number	241.84	0.0001
WHO clinical staging	25.90	0.0001
Functional status	52.88	0.0001
Most recent CD4 cell count	8.47	0.01
Most recent viral load	3.76	0.137
Opportunistic infections occurrence	2.49	0.337
Disclosure status	4.91	0.092
Presence of active TB	5.18	0.081
Duration under ART(in month)	7.24	0.102
Partner HIV status	2.83	0.692
INH initiation	124.18	0.0001
CPT initiation	1.24	0.871
BMI	104.87	0.0001
ART initiation time	9.70	0.281
Availability of primary care giver	207.25	0.0001
Adherence on ART	6.21	0.431

Table 4 The Estimated Survival Time of ART Attending Patients Over Specific Covariate of Variables at Public Hospitals in Southern Ethiopia, 2018

Variables	Category	Mean Survival Time(95% CI)
Residence	Rural	42.02 (39.41, 44.63)
	Urban	53.57 (52.18, 54.95)
Distance between home and hospital	Less than 5 km	56.69 (55.60, 57.79)
	More than 5 km	39.47 (37.00, 41.94)
Registered phone number	Yes	55.25 (54.13, 56.37)
	No	32.29 (29.17, 35.39)
WHO clinical staging	I	49.68 (46.95, 52.39)
	II	52.26 (50.53, 53.99)
	III & IV	43.45 (40.64, 46.26)
Functional status	Working	51.74 (50.35, 53.14)
	Ambulatory	38.47 (34.27, 42.67)
	Bed ridden	46.16 (40.98, 51.35)
Most recent CD4 cell count	<200	47.73 (45.27, 50.18)
	200–500	48.25 (46.08, 50.42)
	>500	51.66 (49.56, 53.76)
INH initiation	Yes	55.08 (53.84, 56.32)
	No	39.67 (37.02, 42.31)
BMI (kg/m^2)	<18.5	32.17 (28.70, 35.65)
	18–24.9	52.94 (51.56, 54.32)
	≥25	47.29 (43.26, 51.33)
Availability of primary care giver	Yes	52.81 (51.56, 54.07)
	No	28.66 (24.78, 32.54)

Figure 2 The Kaplan–Meier survival estimate of INH initiation among patients attending ART at public hospitals in Southern Ethiopia, 2018.

Figure 3 The Kaplan–Meier survival estimate of availability of care giver among patients attending ART at public hospitals in Southern Ethiopia, 2018.

Table 5 Predictors of Loss to Follow-Up Among Patients Attending ART at Public Hospitals in Southern Ethiopia, 2018

Variables	Category	Loss to Follow-Up	Censored	CHR(95% CI)	AHR(95% CI)
Residence	Rural	119	208	3.12 (2.33, 4.18)	0.91 (0.62, 133)
	Urban	73	520	1	1
Distance between home and hospital (km)	Less than 5	33	507	1	1
	More than 5	159	221	7.81 (5.37, 11.36)	3.71 (2.32, 5.95)*
Registered phone number	Yes	63	623	1	1
	No	129	105	4.55 (5.59, 10.22)	2.52 (1.76, 3.60)*
WHO clinical stage	I	44	172	1	1
	II	66	370	0.75 (0.51, 1.09)	0.64 (0.42, 1.97)
	III &IV	82	186	1.67 (1.16, 2.42)	0.84 (0.52, 1.35)
Functional status	Working	114	612	1	1
	Ambulatory	58	78	2.98 (2.17, 4.09)	1.23 (0.79, 1.89)
	Bedridden	20	38	2.02 (1.26, 3.25)	0.97 (0.58, 1.63)
Most recent CD4 cell count	<200	74	251	1.22 (0.99, 1.50)	1.58 (0.83, 2.45)
	200–500	88	289	1.19 (0.98, 1.46)	1.53 (0.96, 2.44)
	>500	30	188	1	1
INH initiation	Yes	56	528	1	1
	No	136	200	4.89 (3.59, 6.69)	2.15 (1.50, 3.08)*
BMI (kg/m^2)	<18.5	75	96	2.13 (1.73, 2.62)	1.87 (1.18, 2.97)*
	18–24.9	88	559	0.48 (0.39, 0.58)	0.96 (0.61, 1.52)
	≥25	29	73	1	1
Availability of primary care giver	Yes	108	682	1	1
	No	84	46	6.19 (4.66, 8.25)	2.59 (1.84, 3.66)*

Note: *Indicates which have p-value <0.05 in multivariable cox proportional hazard model.