Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya
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2020-07-02Author
Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya
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Background: Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive persons remains a major concern across various settings around the globe. Inadequate dietary intake, infections and stage of disease progression elicit malnutrition among HIV-seropositive individuals, which hastens progression of HIV to full-blown AIDS.
Aim: The study sought to determine the dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya.
Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study design was administered on a comprehensive sample of 210 patients. A 24-hour dietary recall questionnaire and Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) were used by the researcher to collect data on the dietary intake of the respondents. The 24-hour dietary recall data were analysed using NutriSurvey whereas data obtained from the FFQ were analysed manually …