Older Adults Accessing HIV Care and Treatment and Adherence in the IeDEA Central Africa Cohort
Background. Very little is known about older adults accessing HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa. Materials and Methods. Data were obtained from 18,839 HIV-positive adults at 10 treatment programs in Burundi, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We compared characteristics of those aged 50+ w...
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| author | Jamie Newman Jeniffer Iriondo-Perez Jennifer Hemingway-Foday Anna Freeman Wilfred Akam Ashu Balimba Lucien Kalenga Marcel Mbaya Brigitte Mfangam Molu Henri Mukumbi Théodore Niyongabo Joseph Atibu Innocent Azinyue Modeste Kiumbu |
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| description | Background. Very little is known about older adults accessing HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa. Materials and Methods. Data were obtained from 18,839 HIV-positive adults at 10 treatment programs in Burundi, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We compared characteristics of those aged 50+ with those aged 18–49 using chi-square tests. Logistic regression was used to determine if age was associated with medication adherence. Results. 15% of adults were 50+ years. Those aged 50+ were more evenly distributed between women and men (56% versus 44%) as compared to those aged 18–49 (71% versus 29%) and were more likely to be hypertensive (8% versus 3%) (P<0.05). Those aged 50+ were more likely to be adherent to their medications than those aged 18–49 (P<0.001). Adults who were not heavy drinkers reported better adherence as compared to those who reported drinking three or more alcoholic beverages per day (P<0.001). Conclusions. Older adults differed from their younger counterparts in terms of medication adherence, sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1cc0d855fd85485e82eaf294bb5e769a2025-02-03T05:50:29ZengWileyAIDS Research and Treatment2090-12402090-12592012-01-01201210.1155/2012/725713725713Older Adults Accessing HIV Care and Treatment and Adherence in the IeDEA Central Africa CohortJamie Newman0Jeniffer Iriondo-Perez1Jennifer Hemingway-Foday2Anna Freeman3Wilfred Akam4Ashu Balimba5Lucien Kalenga6Marcel Mbaya7Brigitte Mfangam Molu8Henri Mukumbi9Théodore Niyongabo10Joseph Atibu11Innocent Azinyue12Modeste Kiumbu13Statistics and Epidemiology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194, USAStatistics and Epidemiology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194, USAStatistics and Epidemiology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194, USAStatistics and Epidemiology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194, USALimbe Provincial Hospital, Limbe, CameroonHôpital Militaire de Yaoundé, Yaoundé, CameroonAMO-Congo, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of CongoAMO-Congo, Matadi, Democratic Republic of CongoHôpital Général de Yaoundé, Yaoundé, CameroonAMO-Congo, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoCentre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Kamenge, Bujumbura, BurundiEcole de Santé Publique, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoVindata Solutions, Yaoundé, CameroonEcole de Santé Publique, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoBackground. Very little is known about older adults accessing HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa. Materials and Methods. Data were obtained from 18,839 HIV-positive adults at 10 treatment programs in Burundi, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We compared characteristics of those aged 50+ with those aged 18–49 using chi-square tests. Logistic regression was used to determine if age was associated with medication adherence. Results. 15% of adults were 50+ years. Those aged 50+ were more evenly distributed between women and men (56% versus 44%) as compared to those aged 18–49 (71% versus 29%) and were more likely to be hypertensive (8% versus 3%) (P<0.05). Those aged 50+ were more likely to be adherent to their medications than those aged 18–49 (P<0.001). Adults who were not heavy drinkers reported better adherence as compared to those who reported drinking three or more alcoholic beverages per day (P<0.001). Conclusions. Older adults differed from their younger counterparts in terms of medication adherence, sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/725713 |
| spellingShingle | Jamie Newman Jeniffer Iriondo-Perez Jennifer Hemingway-Foday Anna Freeman Wilfred Akam Ashu Balimba Lucien Kalenga Marcel Mbaya Brigitte Mfangam Molu Henri Mukumbi Théodore Niyongabo Joseph Atibu Innocent Azinyue Modeste Kiumbu Older Adults Accessing HIV Care and Treatment and Adherence in the IeDEA Central Africa Cohort AIDS Research and Treatment |
| title | Older Adults Accessing HIV Care and Treatment and Adherence in the IeDEA Central Africa Cohort |
| title_full | Older Adults Accessing HIV Care and Treatment and Adherence in the IeDEA Central Africa Cohort |
| title_fullStr | Older Adults Accessing HIV Care and Treatment and Adherence in the IeDEA Central Africa Cohort |
| title_full_unstemmed | Older Adults Accessing HIV Care and Treatment and Adherence in the IeDEA Central Africa Cohort |
| title_short | Older Adults Accessing HIV Care and Treatment and Adherence in the IeDEA Central Africa Cohort |
| title_sort | older adults accessing hiv care and treatment and adherence in the iedea central africa cohort |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/725713 |
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