"Lost to Follow-Up" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Study subjects in COHORT STUDIES whose outcomes are unknown e.g., because they could not or did not wish to attend follow-up visits.(from Dictionary of Epidemiology, 5th ed.)
| Descriptor ID |
D059012
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.780.438
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| Concept/Terms |
Lost to Follow-Up- Lost to Follow-Up
- Follow-Up, Lost to
- Lost to Follow Up
- Lost to Follow-Ups
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Lost to Follow-Up".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Lost to Follow-Up".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lost to Follow-Up" by people in Profiles.
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Loss to Follow-Up Risk among HIV Patients on ART in Zimbabwe, 2009-2016: Hierarchical Bayesian Spatio-Temporal Modeling. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 09 02; 19(17).
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Tracing People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Who Are Lost to Follow-up at Antiretroviral Therapy Programs in Southern Africa: A Sampling-Based Cohort Study in 6 Countries. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 01 29; 74(2):171-179.
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Attrition in HIV care following HIV diagnosis: a comparison of the pre-UTT and UTT eras in South Africa. J Int AIDS Soc. 2021 02; 24(2):e25652.
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Challenges with tracing patients on antiretroviral therapy who are late for clinic appointments in rural South Africa and recommendations for future practice. Glob Health Action. 2020 12 31; 13(1):1755115.
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Competing risk of mortality on loss to follow-up outcome among patients with HIV on ART: a retrospective cohort study from the Zimbabwe national ART programme. BMJ Open. 2020 10 06; 10(10):e036136.
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Outcomes After Being Lost to Follow-up Differ for Pregnant and Postpartum Women When Compared With the General HIV Treatment Population in Rural South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 10 01; 85(2):127-137.
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Initial loss to follow up of tuberculosis patients in South Africa: perspectives of program managers. BMC Public Health. 2020 May 06; 20(1):622.
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Misreporting of Patient Outcomes in the South African National HIV Treatment Database: Consequences for Programme Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation. Front Public Health. 2020; 8:100.
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Descriptive analysis of World Health Organization-recommended second-line antiretroviral treatment: A retrospective cohort data analysis. S Afr Med J. 2019 Nov 27; 109(12):919-926.
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Treatment outcomes among children, adolescents, and adults on treatment for tuberculosis in two metropolitan municipalities in Gauteng Province, South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2019 Jul 22; 19(1):973.