Satisfaction of Patients Attending Public HIV or AIDS Care and Treatment Centers in Kinondoni District, Tanzania

International Quarterly of Community Health Education
Joel Ndayongeje, Method Kazaura

Abstract

Satisfaction of care and treatment among HIV patients is one of the important elements for adherence. This study aimed to determine levels of satisfaction and associated factors among HIV-infected patients attending public care and treatment centers (CTCs) in Tanzania. The study was cross-sectional using face-to-face interviews. Satisfaction was measured using a total of 30 questions from a domain of six area of CTC service delivery. To assess independent predictors of levels of satisfaction, we used multilevel ordinal logistic regression analysis. We enrolled 434 study participants. Of these, 5% reported low satisfaction, 25% medium satisfaction, and 70% reported high satisfaction. The CTC environment was rated low by 56% of the patients. Predictors of levels of satisfaction were age of patient and health facility level. Low levels of satisfaction with CTC environment and laboratory services underscore the need for improvement of these areas.

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