2024
Time spent at health facility is a key driver of patient satisfaction, but did not influence retention to HIV care: A serial cross-sectional study in Mozambique
De Schacht C, Amorim G, Calvo L, Ntasis E, Van Rompaey S, Matsimbe J, Martinho S, Graves E, Alvim M, Green A, Kassim H, Carlos I, Wester C, Audet C. Time spent at health facility is a key driver of patient satisfaction, but did not influence retention to HIV care: A serial cross-sectional study in Mozambique. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0299282. PMID: 38635537, PMCID: PMC11025808, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth facilitiesOdds of viral suppressionPatient satisfactionSatisfaction scoresHIV careHigher oddsViral suppressionAdherence to antiretroviral therapyClient-provider communicationStudy assessed patient satisfactionAssociated with higher oddsReduce patient waiting timesMedian satisfaction scorePatient waiting timesCross-sectional studyGeneralized linear regression modelsOverall satisfaction scoreAssociated with lower retentionAssociated with retentionHealth servicesExit interviewsAssociated with timeClient-providerClinical servicesLinear regression models
2018
Hazardous alcohol use among female heads-of-household in rural Mozambique
Wainberg M, Oquendo M, Peratikos M, Gonzalez-Calvo L, Pinsky I, Duarte C, Yu Q, Green A, Martinho S, Moon T, Audet C. Hazardous alcohol use among female heads-of-household in rural Mozambique. Alcohol 2018, 73: 37-44. PMID: 30261452, PMCID: PMC6173647, DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2018.03.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol Use Disorders Identification TestHazardous drinking behaviorAlcohol consumptionAlcohol usePopulation-based cross-sectional studyMajor public health burdenMarital statusPublic health burdenCross-sectional studyCurrent alcohol consumptionAdverse health eventsMultivariable proportional odds modelPHQ-8 scoresDrinking behaviorPrevalence of womenDisorders Identification TestHazardous alcohol useOverall prevalenceHealth burdenProtective effectHigh riskHazardous drinkersZambézia ProvinceHazardous drinkingSociodemographic characteristics
2014
Clinical Mentorship of Nurse Initiated Antiretroviral Therapy in Khayelitsha, South Africa: A Quality of Care Assessment
Green A, de Azevedo V, Patten G, Davies M, Ibeto M, Cox V. Clinical Mentorship of Nurse Initiated Antiretroviral Therapy in Khayelitsha, South Africa: A Quality of Care Assessment. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e98389. PMID: 24887260, PMCID: PMC4041881, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098389.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiretroviral treatmentEligible patientsLong-term side effectsART start dateART-eligible patientsBaseline blood workClinical mentorship programInitiated antiretroviral therapyUniversal ART accessHIV-positive patientsTB/HIVNumber of patientsCross-sectional studyRoutine clinical dataResource limited settingsHIV treatment accessART initiationNurse initiationAntiretroviral therapyPatient characteristicsPositive patientsMore patientsBlood workClinical presentationNurses' confidence