Table 2.
Rating of attributes for antiretroviral therapy service among adult people living with HIV and providers in Northwest Ethiopia, 2022
| Attribute | Rating by patients (n = 35) | Attribute | Rating by providers (n = 42) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARV drug efficacy | 1 | ARV drug efficacy | 1 |
| Source of information on ART | 2 | Convenience with social life, food requirement, time in taking drugs, and child care activity | 2 |
| Availability of ARV drug dosage forms | 3 | Time of health facility operation | 3 |
| Location of ART service | 4 | Provider’s attitude | 4 |
| Novel ART delivery methods | 5 | Location of ART service | 5 |
| Convenience with social life, food requirement, time in taking drugs, and child care activity | 6 | The person providing ART refills | 5 |
| The person providing ART refills | 6 | Source of information on ART | 7 |
| Preferences on involvement in treatment decision-making | 8 | ARV drug pill burden | 8 |
| ART packaging and self-repackaging | 9 | ART packaging and self-repackaging | 9 |
| Provider’s attitude | 9 | ART refill (individualized or group) | 10 |
| Time of health facility operation | 11 | Preferences on involvement in treatment decision-making | 11 |
| Drug–drug interaction | 12 | Time spent at clinics in ART medication refill | 12 |
| ARV drug pill burden | 13 | Availability of ARV drug dosage forms | 13 |
| Frequency of receiving ART refills | 14 | Distance from a residential area to the ART service clinic | 14 |
| ART refill (individualized or group) | 15 | Frequency of receiving ART refills | 15 |
| Time spent at clinics in ART medication refill | 15 | The spatial arrangement of the ART room | 16 |
| Time spent seeing a healthcare provider | 17 | Time spent seeing a healthcare provider | 17 |
| Buddy system(others take drugs to home in place of a client) | 18 | Drug-drug interaction | 18 |
| Distance from a residential area to the ART service clinic | 19 | ARV drug side effects | 19 |
| The spatial arrangement of the ART room | 20 | Novel ART delivery methods | 20 |
| ARV drug side effects | 21 | Total cost of the visit | 21 |
| Total cost of the visit | 22 | Buddy system (others take drugs to home in place of a client) | 22 |
| ART room labeling | 23 | ART room labeling | 23 |
Mean score was calculated separately for patient and provider ratings for each attribute. For patient rating: the mean score ranges from 3.26 to 6.86. For provider ratings: the mean score ranges from 4.40 to 6.90