Immunotherapy: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2471-9552
ISSN: 2471-9552
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Ethiopia
Research Article
Dietary Diversity Practice and its Associated Factors Among Adult People Living with HIV Who go to Health Facilities in Ilu Abbabor Zone, South West Ethiopia: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s): Ebissa Negera*, Tefera Belachew and Kalkidan Hassan
Objective: The current study aimed to assess dietary diversity practice and its associated factors among adult ART patients in Ilu Abbabor Zone, South West, Ethiopia.
Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted in six different health care facilities. Epi-Data was used for data entry, and SPSS version 21 was used for analysis. The level of significance in the final model was set at (P<0.05).
Results: The current study found that the majority of respondents (61.2%) had an inadequate dietary diversity practice. Adults on ART, on the other hand, have adequate dietary diversity practice.
On the other hand, dietary diversity practice of adult people on ART, significantly associated with; being ever married (AOR=0.366; 95% CI: (0.211, 0.634)), household number >/=5 (AOR=2.45; 95% CI: (1... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2471-9552.23.09.224