HIV client’s satisfaction with home delivery of antiretrovirals in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria: A pilot study

Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients are faced with the challenge of frequent visits to an already congested Nigerian hospital for antiretroviral (ARV) refills. Although various decentralization strategies have been adopted to reduce frequent visits to the hospital for antiretroviral (ARV) refills, none has analyzed clients’ satisfaction with home delivery of antiretrovirals in Nigeria. Objective: This study aims to evaluate HIV-infected patients’ satisfaction with Home Delivery of antiretrovirals in Nigeria Method: The study is a cross-sectional pilot study carried among people living with HIV that are virally suppressed in Abuja Nigeria, between October 2020 to December 2020. Two hundred and ten self-administered questionnaires were distributed conveniently during the regular antiretroviral home refill by the home delivery personnel. Descriptive statistics were conducted for the demographics. The variables were categorized into domains and analyzed into groups. Cross tabulation was used to show the relationship between variables and among the demographics. Differences in means were analyzed with T-Test and analysis of variance, a p-value of <0.05 was considered to be significant. Result: All distributed questionnaires were filled and retrieved. All the items in the satisfaction with the home delivery questionnaire showed an internal consistency of ≥ 0.7. The majority of the respondents are self-employed and are mostly from Abaji and Kwali area council. The t-test on demographic characteristics against location revealed a statistical difference in the mean with the P-value <0.01 and S.D =2.1 for all the area councils. Generally, most of the clients were satisfied with the antiretroviral delivery model.