dc.contributor.author | Namagga, Jane Kasozi | |
dc.contributor.author | Rukundo, Godfrey Zari | |
dc.contributor.author | Voss, Joachim G. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-01T06:50:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-01T06:50:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Namagga, J. K., Rukundo, G. Z., & Voss, J. G. (2019). Prevalence and risk factors of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in rural Southwestern Uganda. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care: JANAC, 30(5), 531. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1601 | |
dc.description.abstract | Advances in treatment of HIV have dramatically improved survival rates; HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND), however, remain highly prevalent and continue to represent a significant public health problem, especially in resource-limited settings. We completed a cross
sectional study to describe the prevalence and risk factors for HAND in rural Southwestern Uganda AIDS Support Organization Centers. After securing ethical clearance from relevant bodies, 393 participants were screened for HAND using the International HIV Dementia Scale. A
cutoff score of ≤10 and a significance level of p ≤ .05 were set. More than half of the 393 participants (n = 229, 58.23%) screened positive for HAND. The associated risk factors were gender (odds ratio [OR] 0.54, p = .017), peasant farming (OR 1.70, p = .04), and older age (OR
1.03, p = .019). HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder remains one of the major complications of HIV despite improvement in antiretroviral therapy and life expectancies. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Fogarty International Center, the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of
Health, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
under Award Number D43 TW010128 (PI: Celestino Obua). | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. | en_US |
dc.subject | Gender | en_US |
dc.subject | HIV | en_US |
dc.subject | HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders | en_US |
dc.subject | International HIV Dementia Scale | en_US |
dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
dc.title | Prevalence and risk factors of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in rural southwestern Uganda | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |