Analysis Of Patients Attendance On Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Hiv/Aids) (A Case Study Of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Nnewi , Anambra State):- Ezenweke innocent. C

Abstract .

 Poisson regression model was fitted to the ate ndnno« r ,ses(H IV/AIDS) in Nnamdi Azikiwe Univer * T Ofpatle1,],s sexual1* Transmitted * \Wation ofthe model which is over-diSDers h"? Hospi,al - Nne"L The ‘b , 1 fit test the Pearsnn ctai- . Petston was confirmed absent with the use of t,ld the comPar*son ofthe log-likelihoods ofthe B,nomial egression models. Two Poisson Regression Models were ink- ° age' eciucational and severity ofthe diseases on the attendance ol pati i AIDS in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewl. Ananibia state The first model considered a classification of aee into children (0-18), youth(194b) and adult (46 and above), while the second model considered individual ages of die patients. Based on t re analysis, educational level ofthe patients was found to be significant in the models, but severity of the sickness was found to influence significantly the number of visitol patients. Also, age gioup proved significant on the first model, whereas individual ages were found not to influence the attendance of patients in the hospital.