title: [Characteristics of the patients "lost to follow-up" and determining factors of loss to follow-up to patients living with HIV at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso].
abstract: The objective of this study is to describe the characteristics of the patients "lost to follow-up" and determining factors of lost to follow-up at the patients infected by HIV. This is a descriptive and analytical retrospective study made on patients with or not by HAART, registered in the Day hospital of Ouagadougou. Of 5118 adult patients studied, 402 (7.9%) lost to follow-up. Among these patients, 340 (84.5%) had an unknown vital status, 28 (7%) were alive and 34 (8.5%) died. Mean age was 37.5 years. After active research, 16 from 21 patients under HAART were in treatment interruption. The main factors associated with the loss of follow-up were: no schooling (p=0,008), residing outside the capital (p=0,002) and being infected with HIV2 (p< 10(-3)). The phenomenon of loss of follow-up is important and concerned mainly not informed patients.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital de jour, Centre hospitalier universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo (CHU-YO), BP 7022, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina-Faso, bognou@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bognounou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kabore
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diendéré
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sagna
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Guira
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tieno
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Ouedraogo
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Drabo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D002050:Burkina Faso / Q000453:epidemiology; D004522:Educational Status; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015497:HIV-1; D015498:HIV-2; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D059012:Lost to Follow-Up; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013689:Telephone; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents