Challenges to nutrition management among patients using antiretroviral therapy in primary health 'centres' in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A phenomenological study.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Nutritional management is a fundamental practice of concern to all patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The nature of HIV/AIDS and malnutrition impacts are interlocked and intensify one another.<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed...

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Autores principales:	Helen Ali Ewune, Kassa Daka, Befekadu Bekele, Mengistu Meskele
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f2960bbc00e04ac9ad7e196a103afe932021-11-25T06:23:32ZChallenges to nutrition management among patients using antiretroviral therapy in primary health 'centres' in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A phenomenological study.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0250919https://doaj.org/article/f2960bbc00e04ac9ad7e196a103afe932021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250919https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Introduction</h4>Nutritional management is a fundamental practice of concern to all patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The nature of HIV/AIDS and malnutrition impacts are interlocked and intensify one another.<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to explore nutrition management challenges among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in primary health centres in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.<h4>Methods and materials</h4>We used a hermeneutic (interpretive) phenomenological study design. The study used in-depth interviews to describe lived experiences among adult patients aged 18 and above. We selected the participants purposively until the saturation of the idea reached. We maintained the scientific rigor and trustworthiness by applying credibility, transferability, dependability, and conformability, followed by translation and re-reading of the data has been achieved. The data have been analyzed through inductive thematic analysis assisted by NVIVO version 12 pro software.<h4>Result</h4>Nutrition management challenges for HIV patients have been described using six significant themes. The major themes were: acceptance of the disease and the health status; facilitators and barriers to treatment adherence; behavioural changes in eating patterns; experience of food insecurity issues; nutrition knowledge; and support. The themes have explained how patients using ART have been challenged to manage their nutrition ever since their diagnosis. Of all challenges, food insecurity is found to be the core reason for poor nutrition management.<h4>Conclusion and recommendation</h4>We found that many factors in managing their nutrition challenged patients with HIV. There should be an increasing interest in managing food insecurity issues as food insecurity has been strongly related to other factors.Helen Ali EwuneKassa DakaBefekadu BekeleMengistu MeskelePublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 6, p e0250919 (2021)
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description	<h4>Introduction</h4>Nutritional management is a fundamental practice of concern to all patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The nature of HIV/AIDS and malnutrition impacts are interlocked and intensify one another.<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to explore nutrition management challenges among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in primary health centres in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.<h4>Methods and materials</h4>We used a hermeneutic (interpretive) phenomenological study design. The study used in-depth interviews to describe lived experiences among adult patients aged 18 and above. We selected the participants purposively until the saturation of the idea reached. We maintained the scientific rigor and trustworthiness by applying credibility, transferability, dependability, and conformability, followed by translation and re-reading of the data has been achieved. The data have been analyzed through inductive thematic analysis assisted by NVIVO version 12 pro software.<h4>Result</h4>Nutrition management challenges for HIV patients have been described using six significant themes. The major themes were: acceptance of the disease and the health status; facilitators and barriers to treatment adherence; behavioural changes in eating patterns; experience of food insecurity issues; nutrition knowledge; and support. The themes have explained how patients using ART have been challenged to manage their nutrition ever since their diagnosis. Of all challenges, food insecurity is found to be the core reason for poor nutrition management.<h4>Conclusion and recommendation</h4>We found that many factors in managing their nutrition challenged patients with HIV. There should be an increasing interest in managing food insecurity issues as food insecurity has been strongly related to other factors.
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author	Helen Ali Ewune Kassa Daka Befekadu Bekele Mengistu Meskele
author_facet	Helen Ali Ewune Kassa Daka Befekadu Bekele Mengistu Meskele
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title	Challenges to nutrition management among patients using antiretroviral therapy in primary health 'centres' in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A phenomenological study.
title_short	Challenges to nutrition management among patients using antiretroviral therapy in primary health 'centres' in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A phenomenological study.
title_full	Challenges to nutrition management among patients using antiretroviral therapy in primary health 'centres' in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A phenomenological study.
title_fullStr	Challenges to nutrition management among patients using antiretroviral therapy in primary health 'centres' in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A phenomenological study.
title_full_unstemmed	Challenges to nutrition management among patients using antiretroviral therapy in primary health 'centres' in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A phenomenological study.
title_sort	challenges to nutrition management among patients using antiretroviral therapy in primary health 'centres' in addis ababa, ethiopia: a phenomenological study.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
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Challenges to nutrition management among patients using antiretroviral therapy in primary health 'centres' in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A phenomenological study.

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