{"doi":"10.4314/ahs.v21i4.14","title":"Factors associated with readiness to start antiretroviral therapy (ART) among young people (15-24 years) at four HIV clinics in Mulago Hospital, Uganda","abstract":"Introduction: Globally, the HIV burden continues to rise among young people despite the discovery of ART. This study assessed demographic and psycho-social factors among young people associated with readiness to be initiated on ART. Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted among newly diagnosed HIV positive young people aged 15-24 years at 4 HIV clinics at Mulago Hospital. Readiness was measured as a self-report by the individual to the question, \"How ready do you feel to start ART? Results: Of the 231 young people enrolled, the mean age (SD) was 20.7years (+/-2.8) and most were female (66.2%). Majority were very ready (53.3%) and very motivated (51.1%) to start ART. Higher treatment readiness was associated with being female (95% CI [5.62, 8.31], p=0.003), thinking that ART cures HIV (95% CI [0.43, 0.86], p=0.005), history of having unprotected sex (95% CI [0.79, 0.87], p=<0.001), anticipating negative HIV results (95% CI [0.26, 0.88], p=0.017), internalized stigma (95% CI [0.83, 0.98], p=0.018) and knowledge of positive ART effects for others (95% CI [0.84, 0.93], p=<0.001). Conclusions: Understanding the underlying factors associated with ART readiness among young people can inform strategies to support and increase individuals' readiness to initiate ART and early engagement in care.","journal":"African Health Sciences","year":2021,"id":205199,"datarank":0.23989095862693222,"base_score":1.3862943611198906,"endowment":1.3862943611198906,"self_citation_contribution":0.20794415416798362,"citation_network_contribution":0.03194680445894861,"self_endowment_contribution":0.20794415416798362,"citer_contribution":0.03194680445894861,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":3,"citer_count":3,"citers_with_citation_signal":1,"citers_with_endowment":1,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9343,"is_data_producer":true,"deposit_databanks":{"figshare":["10.6084/m9.figshare.14812830.v1"]},"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2021-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":788542,"name":"Moureen Mugaba","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":788543,"name":"Ignatius Asasira","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":788544,"name":"Racheal Nakiganda","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":788545,"name":"Florence Namutebi","orcid":null,"position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":788546,"name":"Nick Ntore Arnaud","orcid":null,"position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":788547,"name":"Nicholas Kagumba Musisi","orcid":null,"position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":788548,"name":"Trinity Abasira","orcid":null,"position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":788549,"name":"Pius Jemba","orcid":null,"position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":788550,"name":"Racheal Ndyabawe","orcid":null,"position":9,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":788551,"name":"Rosette Tumuhairwe","orcid":null,"position":10,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":546623,"name":"Charles Batte","orcid":"0000-0003-0351-8705","position":11,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":397152,"name":"Sabrina Bakeera‐Kitaka","orcid":"0000-0003-2724-8287","position":12,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":788132,"name":"Jonathan Nkalubo","orcid":"0000-0001-8983-5917","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":57,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-18T23:51:30.197308Z","pmid":"35283973","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}