Tsegaw Agezew*, Kassahun Dessei Gashu, Adamu Takele and Getnet Fetene
Background: Phone call communication with anti-retroviral users and health care provider improve health and quality of care.
Objectives: This study was conducted to describe proportion of willing adult ART user patients to communicate with their health care provider using phone call concerning health issue and associated factors in university of Gondar comprehensive specialized referral hospital.
Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted. Participants were interviewed face to face from university of Gondar comprehensive specialized referral hospital. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was used to measure associations.
Results: A total of 402 study participants interviewed and their medical records reviewed from their chart. The proportion of anti-retroviral users willing ness to phone call communication with health care provider concerning on their health issue was 79.6% with (95% CI, 75.9-83.3), using logistic regression multivariate analysis on SPSS male sex, presence of network, presence of media at home, patients who have comorbidity were positively independent predictors whereas patients who developed anti–retro viral drug toxicity were negatively independent predictors to the willingness of the patients to communicate with health care provider concerning on their heath issue.
Conclusion: Willingness of the patients to communicate with the health care provider about their health issue is high in this study. Male sex, presence of network, and presence of media at home, Patients who have comorbidity were positively independent predictors to willing the patients, so this promised to health care institutions to initiate these new types of care provision for those patients.
Published Date: 2023-08-30; Received Date: 2023-01-18
