| dc.contributor.author | Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-25T06:58:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-25T06:58:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-07-02 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2994 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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 … | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
| dc.subject | dietary intake, seropositive, food groups | en_US |
| dc.title | Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
