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Table 2 NCD comorbidity, general medical information and health promotion interventions documented in folders of 491 participants aged 10–24 years receiving ART across Cape Town, November 2018–March 2019

From: Missed opportunities for NCD multimorbidity prevention in adolescents and youth living with HIV in urban South Africa

 

Characteristic

N = 491a

n (%)b

Comorbidity Information

268 (55%)

 

NCD diagnosis

30 (11%)

 
 

Depression, anxiety or other mental health condition

 

11 (37%)

Bronchitis, lung disease, asthma or other chronic respiratory diseasec

 

18 (60%)

Cancer

 

1 (3%)

NCD treatment

4 (1%)

 
 

Asthma treatment

 

1 (25%)

High Blood Pressure treatment

 

1 (25%)

Antipsychotic medication

 

1 (25%)

High cholesterol/ triglycerides

 

1 (25%)

NCD risk factors

305 (62%)

 
 

Smoking: current smoker or history of smoking

 

11 (4%)

Alcohol, drugs or other substance abuse

 

9 (3%)

Body Mass Index (BMI) kg/m2

305 (62%)

 
 

Underweight: BMI < 18.5

 

30 (10%)

Normal weight: BMI 18.5–25

 

129 (42%)

Overweight: BMI 25–30

 

80 (26%)

Obese: BMI ≥30

 

66 (22%)

Blood Pressure mmHgd

289 (59%)

 
 

Normal: SBP < 130 and DBP < 85

 

210 (73%)

High normal: SBP 130–139/DBP 85–89

 

41 (14%)

Mild hypertension: SBP 140–159/DBP 90–99

 

35 (12%)

Moderate hypertension: SBP 160–179/ DBP 100–109

 

3 (1%)

General medical information: Contraception

 

18 (4%)

Family History

29 (6%)

 
 

Tuberculosis

 

20 (69%)

Diabetes

 

4 (14%)

High blood pressure

 

2 (7%)

Alcoholism

 

2 (7%)

Cancer

 

1 (3%)

Other conditions

52 (11%)

 
 

Pregnancy

 

31 (60%)

 

Trauma- injury and violence

 

6 (11%)

 

Epilepsy

 

5 (10%)

 

Learning Difficulties

 

5 (10%)

 

Failure to Thrive

 

5 (10%)

Non-HIV infectious diseases

185 (38%)

 

Non-HIV infectious disease diagnosis

Tuberculosis

 

114 (62%)

Sexually Transmitted Infections

 

40 (22%)

Scabies

 

12 (6%)

Pneumonia

 

9 (5%)

Herpes Simplex Virus

 

5 (3%)

Meningitis

 

5 (3%)

Non-ARV medications prescribed in Iast 12 months

135 (27%)

 
 

TB prophylaxis

 

30 (22%)

Cotrimoxazole

 

19 (14%)

STI treatment

 

23 (17%)

Antibiotics

 

44 (33%)

Steroids

 

16 (12%)

Antivirals

 

3 (2%)

Health Promotion

93 (19%)e

 

HIV-related

Disclosure counselling

 

9 (7%)

Adherence counselling

 

11 (9%)

NCD-related

Alcohol counselling

 

14 (11%)

Mental health counselling

 

13 (10%)

Healthy diet or weight counselling

 

12 (9%)

Smoking counselling

 

11 (9%)

Substance abuse counselling

 

2 (2%)

Diabetes screening

 

1 (1%)

Sexual and Reproductive Health

Family planning

 

14 (11%)

Basic antenatal counselling

 

14 (11%)

Postnatal care & Infant feeding counselling

 

10 (8%)

Pap smear & Breast examination

 

6 (5%)

Safe sex counselling

 

2 (2%)

Medical male circumcision

 

2 (2%)

Other Health Promotion

Hygiene counselling

 

4 (3%)

Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy

 

2 (2%)

  1. aDenominator = 491, unless otherwise indicated in this column
  2. bPercentages may not total 100 due to rounding
  3. cIncludes asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and other respiratory conditions
  4. dSBP = Systolic Blood Pressure and DBP = Diastolic Blood Pressure
  5. eTotal interventions > 93 as some individuals had more than one form of health promotion documented
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