Disclosure of HIV-positive status to sexual partner and associated factors among ART users in Mekelle Hospital

Teklemariam Gultie,1 Minichil Genet,2 Girum Sebsibie31Department of Midwifery, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia; 2Department of Nursing, Debre Tabor Health Science College, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Addis Ababa University, Addis Abab...

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Autores principales:	Gultie T, Genet M, Sebsibie G
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:39e61ecb7be94a3e91a423321413bb2d2021-12-02T07:16:37ZDisclosure of HIV-positive status to sexual partner and associated factors among ART users in Mekelle Hospital1179-1373https://doaj.org/article/39e61ecb7be94a3e91a423321413bb2d2015-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/disclosure-of-hiv-positive-status-to-sexual-partner-and-associated-fac-peer-reviewed-article-HIVhttps://doaj.org/toc/1179-1373Teklemariam Gultie,1 Minichil Genet,2 Girum Sebsibie31Department of Midwifery, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia; 2Department of Nursing, Debre Tabor Health Science College, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaPurpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the disclosure of HIV-positive status and its associated factors to sexual partners among patients attending antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinic follow-up at Mekelle Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia.Patients and methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Mekelle hospital. Samples of 324 individuals were selected by using systematic random sampling techniques from July 1 until July 30, 2013. The data were collected by trained data collectors through a pretested semi-structured questionnaire. The collected data were cleaned, coded, entered, and analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 Windows program. Descriptive statistics and binary and multivariable regression analysis with 95% confidence interval was carried out and P-value less than 0.05 used to determine the significant association.Results: A total of 324 people on ART care follow-up were interviewed with 100% response rate. The overall HIV status disclosure to sexual partner was 57.4%. Among those who disclosed their HIV status, 58% of them told their partner after 1 month after diagnosis. The study showed that there is significant association between knowing HIV status of sexual partner (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] =16.69, 95% CI: 5.4, 51.65), duration of HIV-related care follow-up (AOR =5.48, 95% CI =2.17, 13.80), and discussion before HIV testing (AOR =4.33, 95% CI =1.43, 13.08), with HIV-positive status disclosure to sexual partner.Conclusion: An HIV-positive status disclosure to a sexual partner in this study was lower than what was reported in other studies in Ethiopia. The duration of HIV-related care follow-up, knowing partner's HIV status, and prior discussion were the main factors that affected the practice of HIV-positive status disclosure to their sexual partners.Keywords: cross sectional, institution based, systematic sampling, multivariate analysisGultie TGenet MSebsibie GDove Medical PressarticleImmunologic diseases. AllergyRC581-607ENHIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, Vol 2015, Iss default, Pp 209-214 (2015)
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spellingShingle	Immunologic diseases. Allergy RC581-607 Gultie T Genet M Sebsibie G Disclosure of HIV-positive status to sexual partner and associated factors among ART users in Mekelle Hospital
description	Teklemariam Gultie,1 Minichil Genet,2 Girum Sebsibie31Department of Midwifery, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia; 2Department of Nursing, Debre Tabor Health Science College, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaPurpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the disclosure of HIV-positive status and its associated factors to sexual partners among patients attending antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinic follow-up at Mekelle Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia.Patients and methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Mekelle hospital. Samples of 324 individuals were selected by using systematic random sampling techniques from July 1 until July 30, 2013. The data were collected by trained data collectors through a pretested semi-structured questionnaire. The collected data were cleaned, coded, entered, and analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 Windows program. Descriptive statistics and binary and multivariable regression analysis with 95% confidence interval was carried out and P-value less than 0.05 used to determine the significant association.Results: A total of 324 people on ART care follow-up were interviewed with 100% response rate. The overall HIV status disclosure to sexual partner was 57.4%. Among those who disclosed their HIV status, 58% of them told their partner after 1 month after diagnosis. The study showed that there is significant association between knowing HIV status of sexual partner (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] =16.69, 95% CI: 5.4, 51.65), duration of HIV-related care follow-up (AOR =5.48, 95% CI =2.17, 13.80), and discussion before HIV testing (AOR =4.33, 95% CI =1.43, 13.08), with HIV-positive status disclosure to sexual partner.Conclusion: An HIV-positive status disclosure to a sexual partner in this study was lower than what was reported in other studies in Ethiopia. The duration of HIV-related care follow-up, knowing partner's HIV status, and prior discussion were the main factors that affected the practice of HIV-positive status disclosure to their sexual partners.Keywords: cross sectional, institution based, systematic sampling, multivariate analysis
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title	Disclosure of HIV-positive status to sexual partner and associated factors among ART users in Mekelle Hospital
title_short	Disclosure of HIV-positive status to sexual partner and associated factors among ART users in Mekelle Hospital
title_full	Disclosure of HIV-positive status to sexual partner and associated factors among ART users in Mekelle Hospital
title_fullStr	Disclosure of HIV-positive status to sexual partner and associated factors among ART users in Mekelle Hospital
title_full_unstemmed	Disclosure of HIV-positive status to sexual partner and associated factors among ART users in Mekelle Hospital
title_sort	disclosure of hiv-positive status to sexual partner and associated factors among art users in mekelle hospital
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2015
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Disclosure of HIV-positive status to sexual partner and associated factors among ART users in Mekelle Hospital

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