Determining factors associated with missed appointments among adults on anti-retroviral therapy in the uThukela District of KwaZulu-Natal

The dataset underpinned a study titled "Factors associated with missed appointments among adults on anti-retroviral therapy in the uThukela District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A comparative descriptive study using a cross-sectional survey was conducted. Using the convenience sampling technique, 104 adults on ART (missed appointment group = 52, adherent group = 52) were recruited for the study. Data were collected using a structured and validated survey questionnaire. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 was used for data analysis. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies were used to summarise the results. Inferential statistics namely, Chi-square, Mann-Whitney and Fisher’s exact tests, were used to compare the responses between the groups.
Three (n=3) demographic, seven (n=7) patient-related and eight (n=8) health-related factors were significantly associated with missed appointments (p

本数据集为基础一项研究，该研究题为《南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省uThukela地区接受抗逆转录病毒治疗成人预约错过因素》。该研究采用横断面调查的对比描述性研究方法进行。通过便利抽样技术，招募了104名接受抗逆转录病毒治疗（预约错过组52人，依从组52人）的成人参与研究。数据通过结构化且经过验证的调查问卷进行收集。数据统计分析采用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）第20版。通过描述性统计，如频率分析，对结果进行总结。同时，采用推断性统计，包括卡方检验、曼-惠特尼U检验和费舍尔精确检验，用于比较两组之间的响应差异。三个（n=3）人口统计学、七个（n=7）患者相关和八个（n=8）健康相关因素与预约错过显著相关（p值未给出）。