Nutritional Status of HIV-Infected Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy and the Impact of Nutritional Supplementation in the Northern Cape Province; South Africa
S. Afr. j. clin. nutr. (Online)
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23(4): 197-201, 2010.
Article
in English
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| ID: biblio-1270522
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
The study aimed to describe the nutritional status and determine the impact of current nutrition intervention strategies on weight changes in adult HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral (ARV) therapy.Design:
A descriptive; prospective trial was performed.Setting:
The investigation was conducted at ARV roll-out centres in Kimberley; Upington; Kuruman; Prieska and Springbok in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.Subjects:
Adult HIV-infected patients receiving ARV therapy were included in the study.Outcomemeasures:
Each participants's body mass index (BMI) was determined before and after a four-month intervention period of nutritional supplementation with an instant; enriched maize product.Results:
Data from 98 patients (mean age 39.7 years; standard deviation 8.9 years) were assessed. Prior to intervention; the median BMI was 20 kg/m2 (range 12.6-29.7 kg/m2); the patients from Kuruman had a greater incidence of underweight compared to the other towns; with a median BMI of 17.9 kg/m2. Of the 87 patients assessed during the final week; 49.4experienced weight gain and 40.2lost weight. Eighteen (20.7) patients gained more than 5of their baseline weight; which was significant. Only eight (9.2) patients lost more than 5of their baseline weight. Twenty-two patients who presented with a BMI 18.5 kg/m2 at baseline had a median weight gain of 1.13 kg during the intervention period; while the group with a BMI 18.5 kg/m2 presented with no change in median weight.Conclusions:
Nutritional supplementation; provided according to provincial policy and combined with ARVs; nutritionally benefitted about half of the patients in the ARV programme in the Northern Cape
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Index:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
HIV Infections
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Nutritional Status
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Adult
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Dietary Supplements
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Anti-Retroviral Agents
Language:
English
Journal:
S. Afr. j. clin. nutr. (Online)
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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