{"id":1277,"date":"2020-11-27T08:45:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T08:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fs.kibu.ac.ke\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2020-11-27T08:45:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T08:45:48","slug":"factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Factors Associated with Occurrence of Peripheral Neuropathy among HIV\/AIDS Clients at Kombewa Sub County Hospital of Kisumu County, Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author: <\/strong> Damian Otieno Opemo<br \/>\nSchool of Nursing, Kibabii University, Bungoma, Kenya.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABSTRACT<\/strong><br \/>\nPeripheral Neuropathy (PN) commonly arises as HIV related nerve complication. The study made attempts to assess the underlying factors leading to peripheral neuropathy, the disabling effects of peripheral neuropathy on a patient\u2019s life quality and measures which can be implemented to prevent or lessen the burdening effects of these neuropathies. A descriptive design was adopted where cross-sectional data targeting a sample of 100 consenting adult HIV\/AIDS clients were collected utilizing structured questionnaires as key instruments of data collection. In this study variables such as age, height, the past and current CD4 lymphocytes, the viral load, the average duration of antiretroviral treatment (ART), use and the presence of certain co-infection, diabetes or alcohol abuse were analyzed to determine their effects of occurrence of peripheral neuropathy. Fifty eight percent (58%) of the clients were classified to be having neuropathic as compared 42% who did not have neuropathic pain. Duration of diagnosis with HIV and previous CD4 count did not significantly determine the occurrence of neuropathic pain. Viral load at time of diagnosis with HIV; nutritional uptake and HAART regimen significantly contribute to occurrence of PN among HIV\/AIDS clients. There was no significant association between cases of peripheral neuropathy and demographic factors such as age, gender, height of the respondents and level of education. Clients with peripheral neuropathy were not receiving adequate health talks on peripheral neuropathy. Effect of PN on physical activity was observed. There is need for providing both medical and palliative treatment to HIV\/AIDS patients suffering from peripheral neuropathy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>KEYWORDS<\/strong><br \/>\nPeripheral Neuropathy, HIV\/AIDS, Kenya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Damian Otieno Opemo School of Nursing, Kibabii University, Bungoma, Kenya. ABSTRACT Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) commonly arises as HIV related nerve complication. The study made attempts to assess the underlying factors leading to peripheral neuropathy, the disabling effects of peripheral neuropathy on a patient\u2019s life quality and measures which can be implemented to prevent or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Factors Associated with Occurrence of Peripheral Neuropathy among HIV\/AIDS Clients at Kombewa Sub County Hospital of Kisumu County, Kenya - Faculty of Science<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Factors Associated with Occurrence of Peripheral Neuropathy among HIV\/AIDS Clients at Kombewa Sub County Hospital of Kisumu County, Kenya - Faculty of Science\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Author: Damian Otieno Opemo School of Nursing, Kibabii University, Bungoma, Kenya. ABSTRACT Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) commonly arises as HIV related nerve complication. The study made attempts to assess the underlying factors leading to peripheral neuropathy, the disabling effects of peripheral neuropathy on a patient\u2019s life quality and measures which can be implemented to prevent or [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Faculty of Science\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-27T08:45:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"kibabii\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"kibabii\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"kibabii\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#\/schema\/person\/fc9b7f13eeb65cf0be520197c35b17d6\"},\"headline\":\"Factors Associated with Occurrence of Peripheral Neuropathy among HIV\/AIDS Clients at Kombewa Sub County Hospital of Kisumu County, Kenya\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-27T08:45:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/\",\"name\":\"Factors Associated with Occurrence of Peripheral Neuropathy among HIV\/AIDS Clients at Kombewa Sub County Hospital of Kisumu County, Kenya - Faculty of Science\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-27T08:45:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Factors Associated with Occurrence of Peripheral Neuropathy among HIV\/AIDS Clients at Kombewa Sub County Hospital of Kisumu County, Kenya\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/\",\"name\":\"Faculty of Science\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Faculty of Science\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/KIbabii-Logo-1024x923-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/KIbabii-Logo-1024x923-1.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":923,\"caption\":\"Faculty of Science\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#\/schema\/person\/fc9b7f13eeb65cf0be520197c35b17d6\",\"name\":\"kibabii\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1290ba6f5d0e2707a88baa0e2f5a00b8214d0c1dce43336da834b265d51f88f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1290ba6f5d0e2707a88baa0e2f5a00b8214d0c1dce43336da834b265d51f88f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"kibabii\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/author\/kibabii\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Factors Associated with Occurrence of Peripheral Neuropathy among HIV\/AIDS Clients at Kombewa Sub County Hospital of Kisumu County, Kenya - Faculty of Science","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Factors Associated with Occurrence of Peripheral Neuropathy among HIV\/AIDS Clients at Kombewa Sub County Hospital of Kisumu County, Kenya - Faculty of Science","og_description":"Author: Damian Otieno Opemo School of Nursing, Kibabii University, Bungoma, Kenya. ABSTRACT Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) commonly arises as HIV related nerve complication. The study made attempts to assess the underlying factors leading to peripheral neuropathy, the disabling effects of peripheral neuropathy on a patient\u2019s life quality and measures which can be implemented to prevent or [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/","og_site_name":"Faculty of Science","article_published_time":"2020-11-27T08:45:48+00:00","author":"kibabii","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"kibabii","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/"},"author":{"name":"kibabii","@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#\/schema\/person\/fc9b7f13eeb65cf0be520197c35b17d6"},"headline":"Factors Associated with Occurrence of Peripheral Neuropathy among HIV\/AIDS Clients at Kombewa Sub County Hospital of Kisumu County, Kenya","datePublished":"2020-11-27T08:45:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/"},"wordCount":288,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/","url":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/","name":"Factors Associated with Occurrence of Peripheral Neuropathy among HIV\/AIDS Clients at Kombewa Sub County Hospital of Kisumu County, Kenya - Faculty of Science","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-11-27T08:45:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/factors-associated-with-occurrence-of-peripheral-neuropathy-among-hiv-aids-clients-at-kombewa-sub-county-hospital-of-kisumu-county-kenya\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Factors Associated with Occurrence of Peripheral Neuropathy among HIV\/AIDS Clients at Kombewa Sub County Hospital of Kisumu County, Kenya"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/","name":"Faculty of Science","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#organization","name":"Faculty of Science","url":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/KIbabii-Logo-1024x923-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/KIbabii-Logo-1024x923-1.png","width":1024,"height":923,"caption":"Faculty of Science"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#\/schema\/person\/fc9b7f13eeb65cf0be520197c35b17d6","name":"kibabii","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1290ba6f5d0e2707a88baa0e2f5a00b8214d0c1dce43336da834b265d51f88f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1290ba6f5d0e2707a88baa0e2f5a00b8214d0c1dce43336da834b265d51f88f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"kibabii"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs"],"url":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/author\/kibabii\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}