Table 2.
Health care system-related characteristics of pregnant mothers Attending ART clinics of Southwest Ethiopia, 2021[n = 265].
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentages % |
---|---|---|---|
Unable to understand instructions given | Yes | 246 | 92.8 |
No | 19 | 7.2 | |
Frequency of Counseling on ART adherence | At screening | 243 | 91.7 |
At the initiation of treatment only | 21 | 7.9 | |
Sometime | 1 | .4 | |
The time needed to reach health care facilities | <1hr | 113 | 42.6 |
≥1hr | 152 | 57.4 | |
Time of diagnosis for their HIV Status | Before being pregnant | 130 | 49.1 |
After being pregnant | 135 | 50.9 | |
unwanted pregnancy | Yes | 128 | 48.3 |
No | 137 | 51.7 | |
ART drug side effect | Yes | 72 | 27.2 |
No | 183 | 72.8 | |
HIV Disclosure Status | Disclosed | 176 | 66.4 |
Not Disclosed | 89 | 33.6 | |
Level of ART Adherence | Good | 211 | 79.6 |
Poor | 54 | 20.4 | |
History of Lost to follow up | Yes | 67 | 25.3 |
No | 198 | 74.7 |