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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of women who obtained care at AIDS Prevention Initiative of Nigeria (APIN) between 2018 and 2021 (N = 2,304)

From: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine HIV care and cervical cancer screening in North-Central Nigeria

 

2018–2019

Pre-COVID Restrictions

2020

Quarter 1

January – March

2020

Quarter 2

April – June

2020

Quarter 3

July – September

2020

Quarter 4

October – December

2021

Post-COVID Restrictions

Mean ± Standard Deviation

Age (in years)

46.7 ± 7.9

46.7 ± 8.9

45.3 ± 8.3

44.3 ± 8.1

47.3 ± 7.7

47.1 ± 8.7

Viral Load (copies per mL blood)a

107.6 + 1203.0

48.4 + 197.2

354.1 + 1765.9

2207.4 + 11989.5

188.1 + 1690.4

488.3 + 5134.4

 

 N (%)

Education

 

 No Formal Education

131 (37.2)

22 (6.3)

8 (2.3)

10 (2.8)

48 (13.6)

133 (37.8)

 Primary

 (Grade 1–8)

218 (41.8)

36 (7.0)

4 (0.8)

13 (2.5)

76 (14.6)

175 (33.5)

 Secondary

 (Grade 9–12)

300 (40.8)

45 (6.1)

8 (1.1)

33 (4.5)

85 (11.6)

264 (35.9)

 Tertiary

 (Higher Education)

253 (37.6)

37 (5.5)

8 (1.2)

22 (3.3)

99 (14.7)

254 (37.7)

Marital Status

 

 Single

195 (39.2)

25 (5.0)

5 (1.0)

18 (3.6)

67 (13.5)

188 (37.8)

 Separated

20 (34.5)

8 (13.8)

0 (0)

3 (5.2)

9 (15.5)

18 (31.0)

 Married

462 (39.6)

81 (7.0)

16 (1.4)

42 (3.6)

154 (13.2)

411 (35.3)

 Divorced

43 (36.4)

9 (7.6)

3 (2.5)

2 (1.7)

15 (12.7)

46 (39.0)

 Widowed

182 (41.2)

17 (3.9)

4 (0.9)

13 (2.9)

63 (14.3)

163 (36.9)

Antiretroviral Regimen Line

 

 First Line

773 (39.6)

117 (6.0)

22 (1.1)

65 (3.3)

277 (14.2)

699 (35.8)

 Second Line

129 (39.3)

23 (7.0)

6 (1.8)

13 (4.0)

31 (9.5)

126 (38.4)

 Third Line b

      

Pap Smear Outcome

 

 Normal

755 (36.2)

130 (6.2)

30 (1.4)

91 (4.4)

319 (15.3)

762 (36.5)

 Low-grade Abnormalities

 (ASC-US, LSIL, AC-US)

126 (41.6)

24 (7.9)

0

5 (1.7)

68 (22.4)

80 (26.4)

 High-grade Abnormalities

 (AGUS, HSIL, HSIL, suspect invasion)

9 (10.5)

3 (3.5)

0

0

17 (19.8)

57 (66.3)

  1. a HIV Viral load recorded above 100,000 copies per mL of blood were excluded from all analyses
  2. b Insufficient sample size to display data