Incidence, risk factors for metabolic syndrome and health systems capacity for its management amongst people living with HIV, Accra-Ghana: A study protocol

Magdalene Akos Odikro, Kwasi Torpey, Margaret Lartey, Peter Puplampu, Elijah Painstil, Ernest Kenu, Tinashe Mudzviti · 2024

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Magdalene Akos Odikro and co-authors lay out a study plan on metabolic syndrome in people with HIV in this 2024 protocol. The syndrome bundles high blood pressure, sugar trouble, belly fat, and blood fat faults. It is rising among people with HIV and strains both health and care systems.

The Accra study will follow adults new to HIV care for a year, checking who develops the syndrome and how fast. Surveys, body measures, and lab tests feed the tracking. A readiness tool will grade clinic capacity to manage the syndrome. Interviews with coordinators and patients add ground views. Results aim to guide HIV care policy in Ghana and beyond.

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CREATORMagdalene Akos Odikro, Kwasi Torpey, Margaret Lartey, Peter Puplampu, Elijah Painstil, Ernest Kenu, Tinashe Mudzviti
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE30 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11537393

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