Determinants of Human Immune Deficiency Virus among Adult HIV IAIDS Patients Attending to Bashair Teaching _Hospital- Khartoum State 1. September 2009 -1.December2009

Abstract

AHDS is one of the widely prevailing global public health problems facing the world today and nobody is beyond its reach, so everyone should know the basic facts about it. HIV or AIDS has already killed millions of peoples, millions more continue to become infected with HIV, and there is no cure. So AIDS will be around for while yet. AIDS is a medical condition caused by HIV which belongs to the lentivirus group of the retrovirus family. There are at least two types of viruses, HIV-1 and HIV-2. The main purpose of this study, to study the determinants of HIV among adult HIV/AIDS patients attending to Bashair Teaching Hospital (Khartoum, Sudan) ,1. September 2009 — 1. December2009, in order to avail basic information for planning appropriate interventional control program. Methods This is descriptive cross-sectional hospital based study. Research instruments Data were collected by a standardized administered questionnaire afier verbal consent from the pts and selected by total coverage from 1.9.2009 to 1.12.2009 included 60 patients (34male-26female) old and new patients, symptomatic and asymptomatic. Data analysis Data was analysed using SPSS package version 13 for quantitative data to find out indicators aimed by this study such as knowledge and doing correlation analysis by cross tabulation with Chi square test, and p 5 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The highest prevalence of HIV is found among the age group 30 to 39~years (45%); while the lower prevalence (10%) is found among the age group 50 — 59 years. Ninety percent of the study subjects were residing in Khartoum State. while just 31.7% were bome birthed at Khartoum State. For education, the higher prevalence was found to be related with the primary education (31%), while post graduated groups had lower percentage (1.7%) Regarding relation between previous knowledge about HIV and gender, males are more knowledgeable (60.8%) than females (39.2%). This study found that sexual intercourse is more frequent mode of transmission 40%. Sixty three percent of the subjects know about the condom while only 35% of the subjects used to use condom Forty percent of the respondents reported extra-marital relationship. The frequency of practicing sex (N=24) was as follows: 91.7% regularly and 8.3% intermittently For the relation of the population with the known HIV patient, 88.3% of the respondents live normally with their relevant. Recommendations Health education section to be encourage youth for marriage and multiple marriages, sterilization of surgical instruments and needles, condom usage and importance, important of volunteer test, aspects of HIV and STDs. Strategic behavioral communication (SBC) is to be established through an interactive process with individuals and communities to develop tailored communication strategies. Small- scale projects for poor families. Evidence —based Information, education and communication programs on I-IIV/AIDS/STIs control targeting the public are to be strengthened, monitored and evaluated regularly to ensure effectiveness and progress.