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Older Adults Accessing HIV Care and Treatment and Adherence in the IeDEA Central Africa Cohort

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
AIDS Research and Treatment Vol. 2012 pp. 1-8 · Wiley
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Abstract
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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Published
Jan 01, 2012
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2012
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1-8
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Authors
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Jamie Newman

Statistics and Epidemiology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194, USA

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Jeniffer Iriondo-Perez

Statistics and Epidemiology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194, USA

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Jennifer Hemingway-Foday

Statistics and Epidemiology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194, USA

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Anna Freeman

Statistics and Epidemiology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194, USA

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Wilfred Akam

Limbe Provincial Hospital, Limbe, Cameroon

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Ashu Balimba

Hôpital Militaire de Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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Lucien Kalenga

AMO-Congo, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Marcel Mbaya

AMO-Congo, Matadi, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Brigitte Mfangam Molu

Hôpital Général de Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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Henri Mukumbi

AMO-Congo, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Théodore Niyongabo

Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Kamenge, Bujumbura, Burundi

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Joseph Atibu

Ecole de Santé Publique, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Innocent Azinyue

Vindata Solutions, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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Modeste Kiumbu

Ecole de Santé Publique, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Funding
National Institutes of Health Award: U01 AI069927
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Award: U01 AI069927
Cite This Article
Jamie Newman, Jeniffer Iriondo-Perez, Jennifer Hemingway-Foday, et al. (2012). Older Adults Accessing HIV Care and Treatment and Adherence in the IeDEA Central Africa Cohort. AIDS Research and Treatment, 2012, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/725713
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