Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of ART Centre Services of a teaching hospital.

Autor:	Bhujade, Rashmi, Srivastva, Anupama, Agrawal, Renu, Baghel, Anil
Předmět:	HEALTH services accessibility ACADEMIC medical centers ANTIRETROVIRAL agents T-test (Statistics) DATA analysis HIV-positive persons PROBABILITY theory MEDICAL care HIV infections RETROSPECTIVE studies DESCRIPTIVE statistics ONE-way analysis of variance STATISTICS DATA analysis software COMPARATIVE studies COVID-19 pandemic AIDS COVID-19
Zdroj:	Indian Journal of Community Health; Apr2024, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p180-187, 8p
Abstrakt:	Background- COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the collateral health system. It made access to essential health services difficult. Such an essential service is a service provided to HIV patients. This study was planned to assess the effect of the current COVID-19 pandemic on Anti-Retroviral therapy (ART) center services. Methods -Pre-recorded epidemiological data from an ART center of a teaching hospital was used to answer the research question. Data was collected for retrieving 4 parameters i.e. number of registrations, number of HIV-positive patients kept on ART, number of deaths, and loss to follow up of the COVID-19 year and non-COVID-19 year then comparison was made between both. Data analysis was done with the help of SPSS. Independent t-test, one-way ANOVA test, and multiple comparison Tuckey's test were applied. Results- Statistically significant difference was noted in the total number of registrations, the number of patients kept on ART, death, and loss to follow-up in non- COVID-19 & COVID-19 years. After appling above mentioned statistical test the p-value came out to be <0.05. Conclusion-COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the auxiliary non-COVID-19 health services and health programs. The current study gives evidence that ART functioning is negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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