Erratum to: Factors associated with adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) among adult people living with HIV and attending their clinical care, Eastern Ethiopia.

It has come to the publisher’s attention that in the original article [1], Table 3 was incorrectly formatted. The correct formatting of the table has been updated in the original article, and published in this Erratum for quick reference, see Table 1.

Table 1

Factors associate with ART adherence among adult patients on ART in public health institutions in Harar and Dire Dawa towns, Eastern Ethiopia, 2012

	Adherence status
Characteristics	Adhered No (%)	Not Adhered No (%)	COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)
Age in years
18–24	32 (78.8)	9 (22.0)	0.97 (0.42–2.25)	0.84 (0.31–2.25)
25–34	226 (86.3)	36 (13.7)	1.71 (1.00–2.29)	1.27 (0.68–2.37)
35–44	159 (89.9)	18 (10.2)	2.41 (1.28–4.54)	2.40 (1.15–5.01)*
> = 45	110 (78.6)	30 (21.4)	1	1
Average income/month
< 500.00ETB	123 (94.6)	7 (5.4)	1	1
501–999.00 ETB	61 (92.4)	5 (7.6)	4.09 (1.828–9.187)	6.73 (2.71–16.75)*
> 1000.00 ETB	60 (80.0)	15 (20.0)	2.85 (1.100–7.359)	1.62 (0.57–4.58)
Not determined	283 (81.1)	66 (18.9)	0.93 (0.99–1.745)	1.21 (0.59–2.49)
Waiting time
≤ 30 min	364 (87.5)	52 (12.5)	1.70 (1.12–2.76)	1.36 (0.79–2.34)
< 30 min	163 (79.9)	41 (20.1)	1
Depressiom
Yes	257 (81.3)	59 (18.7)	0.55 (0.35–0.87)	0.36 (0.213–0.614)*
No	270 (88.8)	34 (11.2)	1	1
Pill burden
2 tablets	221 (84.7)	40 (15.3)	3.45 (1.08–11.09)	12.98 (2.781–60.59)*
3 tablets	257 (87.7)	36 (12.3)	4.46 (1.38–14.38)	12.90 (2.87–57.94)*
4 tablets	41 (77.4)	12 (22.6)	2.4 (0.59–7.75)	5.87 (1.21–28.54)*
5 tablets and more	8 (61.5)	5 (38.5)	1	1
Substance use
Used	158 (77.8)	45 (22.2)	0.46 (0.29–0.71)	0.612 (0.37–1.03)
Not-used	369 (88.5)	48 (11.5)	1
Opportunistic infections(Ols)
Not encountered	198 (89.2)	24 (10.8)	1.73 (1.05–2.24)	2.81 (1.47–5.36)*
Encountered	324 (82.7)	69 (17.3)	1	1
Disclosure status
No	402 (83.4)	80 (16.6)	0.52 (0.28–0.97)	0.45 (0.21–0.97)*
Yes	125 (90.6)	13 (9.4)	1	1
Family support
Good	232 (89.2)	28 (108)	1.83 (1.14–2.94)	2.61 (1.47–4.72)*
Poor	295 (89.1)	65 (18.1)	1	1
Adhernce counseling
Yes	509 (85.8)	84 (14.2)	3.03 (1.32–6.69)	2.45 (0.37–1.03)
No	18 (66.7)	9 (33.3)	1
Well-skilled counselor
Yes	497 (86.1)	80 (13.9)	3.27 (1.47–7.27)	1.22 (0.311–4.79)
Satisfaction to counselor
Satisfied	493 (89.2)	81 (14.1)	2.15 (1.07–4.32)	1.24 (0.38–4.08)
Not satisfied	34 (73.9)	12 (26.1)	1

*Statistically significant association (P <0.05)

In addition, the authors noticed errors in certain reference citations within the discussion section following the publication of [1]. The section of text affected has now been amended in the original article [1], and a list of the changes made has been listed for quick reference:

The correct reference for ‘Yirgalam’ is: Markos E, Worku A, Davey G. Adherence to ART in PLWHA at Yirgalem hospital, South Ethiopia. Ethiop J Health Dev. 2008;22(2):174–9.

The correct references for ‘Jimma’ are: Amberbir A, Woldemichael K, Getachew S, Girma B, Deribe K. Predictors of adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected persons: a prospective study in Southwest Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. 2008;8:265; and Tiyou A, Belachew T, Alemseged F, Biadgilign S. Predictors of adherence to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV/AIDS in resource-limited setting of southwest Ethiopia. AIDS Res Ther. 2010;7:39.

The correct references for ‘Nigeria’ are: Bello SI. HIV/AIDS patients’ adherence to Antiretroviral therapy in Sobi specialist hospital, Ilorin Nigeria. J Adv Sci Res. 2011;2(3):52–7; and Erah P, Arute J. Adherence of HIV/AIDS patients to antiretroviral therapy in a tertiary health facility in Benin City, Nigeria. Afr J Pharm Pharmacol. 2007;2(7):145–52.

The correct reference for ‘Kenya’ is: Anthony N. Factors that influence non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV and AIDs patients in central province, Kenya, 2011. http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1725.