Failure to Return for Posttest Counseling and HIV Test Results at the Prevention and Voluntary Testing and Counseling Centers of Douala, Cameroon: An Evaluation of a Routine Five-Year Program

Table 3

Predictors of failure to return for HIV test results.

	(%)	OR (95% CI)
Age groups (years)
<20	1,436 (4.5)	1
20–29	13,316 (41.6)	0.82 (0.69, 0.98)
30–39	9,470 (29.6)	0.92 (0.76, 1.11)
40–49	4,429 (13.8)	0.89 (0.73, 1.09)
50–59	2,216 (6.9)	1.00 (0.80, 1.24)
≥60	1,129 (3.6)	1.11 (0.84, 1.47)
Occupation
Student	5,686 (18.5)	1
Unemployed	1,892 (6.2)	1.11 (0.94, 1.31)
Employed	5,171 (16.9)	1.04 (0.90, 1.19)
Self-employed	12,471 (40.7)	1.11 (0.99, 1.24)
Housewife	5,124 (16.7)	1.24 (1.09, 1.42)
Retired	323 (1.0)	0.90 (0.60, 1.36)
Center
Bonassama	4,748 (14.8)	1
Deido	5,480 (17.1)	0.12 (0.10, 0.13)
New-Bell	8,819 (27.5)	0.17 (0.15, 0.20)
Nylon	8,416 (26.3)	0.14 (0.13, 0.16)
Cité des Palmiers	3,902 (12.2)	0.07 (0.06, 0.09)
Logbaba	657 (2.1)	0.53 (0.13, 2.14)
Reason for testing
Voluntary screening	24,768 (78.4)	1
Clinical suspicion of; HIV infection	6,827 (21.6)	1.45 (1.31, 1.60)
Year of test
2009	3036	1
2010	3631	1.02 (0.89, 1.17)
2011	3521	1.37 (1.20, 1.58)
2012	10559	1.16 (1.02, 1.33)
2013	11275	0.96 (0.84, 1.10)