Analysis Of Patients Attendance On Sexually Transmitted Disease (Hiv/Aids) (A Case Study Of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (Nauth) Nnewi, Anambra State). (2013-2014):-Ezenweke Innocent C

ABSTRACT

A Poisson regression model was fitted to the ate ndance of patients on sexually Transmitted diseases H1V/AIDS) in Nnamdi Azikiwe Univer sity Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi. The basic vio ation o t le model which is over-dispersion was confirmed absent with the use of goo ness o it test, t te earson statistics and the comparison ofthe log-likelihoods ofthe oisson iegression an egative Binomial regression models. Two Poisson Regression Models were ilte to eteimme the influences of age, educational and severity ofthe diseases on the attendance of patients H1V/AIDS in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi. nam ia state The fust model considered a classification of age into children (0-18), -',outq ,a 11 1 ^6 and above), while the second model considered individual ages of the patients, ase on the analysis, educational level ofthe patients was found to be significant in t ie mo e s, ut seveiity ofthe sickness was found to influence significantly the number of visit of patients. Also, age gioup proved significant on the