- Title
- The Effect of Cardiorespiratory Exercise in the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension among HIV-Infected Individuals on Antiretroviral Therapy in Mthatha, South Africa
- Creator
- Tsuro, Urgent
- Creator
- Oladimeji, Elizabeth Kelechi
- Creator
- Pulido-Estrada, Guillermo-Alfredo
- Creator
- Apalata, Ruffin Teke
- Description
- Tuberculosis (TB), a disease of poverty and inequality, is a leading cause of severe illness and death among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In South Africa, both TB and HIV epidemics have been closely related and persistent, posing a significant burden for healthcare provision. Studies have observed that TB-HIV integration reduces mortality. The operational implementation of integrated services is still challenging. This study aimed to describe patients’ perceptions on barriers to scaling up of TB-HIV integration services at selected health facilities (study sites) in Oliver Reginald (O.R) Tambo Municipality, Eastern Cape province, South Africa. We purposely recruited twenty-nine (29) patients accessing TB and HIV services at the study sites. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis and presented as emerging themes. Barriers identified included a lack of health education about TB and HIV; an inadequate counselling for HIV and the antiretroviral drugs (ARVs); and poor quality of services provided by the healthcare facilities. These findings suggest that the O.R. Tambo district needs to strengthen its TB-HIV integration immediately.
- Date
- 2023/05
- Subject
- Cardiorespiratory fitness
- Subject
- Concurrent training
- Subject
- Hypertension
- Subject
- HIV
- Subject
- Black people
- Subject
- Randomized control trial
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/13577
- Identifier
- vital:78958
- Identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11131836
- Language
- English
- Relation
- healthcare
- Relation
- Tsuro, U.; Oladimeji, K.E.; Pulido-Estrada, G.-A.; Apalata, T.R. The Effect of Cardiorespiratory Exercise in the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension among HIV-Infected Individuals on Antiretroviral Therapy in Mthatha, South Africa. Healthcare 2023, 11, 1836. https://doi.org/10.3390/ healthcare11131836
- Relation
- healthcare 13 vol 11 1 13 2023 https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11131836
- Rights
- ©2023, authors
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