TY - JOUR A2 - Gray, Glenda AU - Ngangue, Patrice AU - Bedard, Emmanuelle AU - Ngueta, Gerard AU - Adiogo, Dieudonné AU - Gagnon, Marie-Pierre PY - 2016 DA - 2016/01/26 TI - Failure to Return for Posttest Counseling and HIV Test Results at the Prevention and Voluntary Testing and Counseling Centers of Douala, Cameroon: An Evaluation of a Routine Five-Year Program SP - 9720148 VL - 2016 AB - This study examined the magnitude and time trends in failure to return (FTR) rates and the relation between FTR and individual characteristics, tests procedures, waiting period for the results, and HIV test results among people who were screened for HIV in the prevention and voluntary testing and counseling centers (PVTCCs) of six district hospitals of the city of Douala in Cameroon, between January 2009 and December 2013. It was a retrospective analysis of medical records. Among the 32,020 analyzed records, the failure to return (FTR) rate was 14.3%. Overall, people aged 50 years and over, those tested between 2011 and 2012, and those tested in the PVTCC of Bonassama were less likely to return for their results. Significant factors associated with FTR included being a housewife, having a positive/undetermined/requiring confirmation result, and provider-initiated testing and counseling (PITC). There was an increasing trend for FTR in the PVTCCs of Bonassama, New-Bell, Nylon, and Cité des Palmiers. HIV testing and counseling services in Douala district hospitals must be reorganized such that individuals tested for HIV receive their results on the same day of the test. Also counselors need to better alert clients concerning the importance of returning for their test results. SN - 2090-1240 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/9720148 DO - 10.1155/2016/9720148 JF - AIDS Research and Treatment PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -