Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among People Living with HIV in Nepal
Table 6
Binary logistic regression analysis of respondents’ knowledge level on antiretroviral medicines with various predictor variables.
| Predictors | B (SE) | value | 95% CI for OR [lower–upper] | Nagelkerke R2 | Knowledge level | Adequate (n) | Inadequate (n) |
| Age (years) | 18–38 | 2.45 (0.69) | <0.001 | 11.63 [2.98–45.34] | 0.158 | 64 | 4 | 39–58 | 0.74 (0.53) | 0.161 | 2.10 [0.74–5.98] | | 58 | 20 | Gender | Male | 0.28 (0.39) | 0.469 | 1.33 [0.61–2.89] | 0.005 | 79 | 18 | Education level | Illiterate | −1.67 (1.09) | 0.126 | 0.18 [0.02–1.60] | | 28 | 15 | Just read and write | −0.75 (1.09) | 0.489 | 0.46 [0.05–3.99] | 0.097 | 61 | 13 | Secondary level | 0.12 (1.20) | 0.918 | 1.13 [0.10–12.12] | | 34 | 3 | Occupation | Service holders | 0 (32226.05) | 1.000 | 1.00 [0–] | | 2 | 0 | Businessman | −19.64 (15191.49) | 0.999 | 0 | 0.084 | 19 | 4 | Labor | −18.80 (15191.49) | 0.999 | 0 | | 22 | 2 | Agriculture | −20.11 (15191.49) | 0.999 | 0 | | 74 | 25 | Unemployed | −19.00 (15191.49) | 0.999 | 0 | | 9 | 1 | Smoking habit | Never smoked | 0.48 (0.87) | 0.580 | 1.61 [0.29–8.90] | | 89 | 22 | 1-2 cigarettes per day | 0.47 (0.92) | 0.612 | 1.60 [0.26–9.81] | 0.032 | 32 | 7 | 3-4 cigarettes per day | 20.28 (15191.51) | 0.999 | 6.461010 [0–] | | 7 | 0 | Alcohol consumption | Never | −19.83 (40192.01) | 1.000 | 0 | | 97 | 25 | Once a month | −19.64 (40192.01) | 1.000 | 0 | | 19 | 4 | 2-3 times a month | −19.81 (40192.01) | 1.000 | 0 | 0.018 | 12 | 3 | 2-3 times a week | 0 (49225.35) | 1.000 | 1.00 | | 2 | 0 | 3-4 times a week | 0 (56840.76) | 1.000 | 1.00 | | 1 | 0 | Drug addiction history | Never | −0.81 (1.07) | 0.445 | 0.44 [0.05–3.61] | | 123 | 31 | In past but not currently | 19.00 (40192.96) | 1.000 | 1.791010 [0–] | 0.011 | 1 | 0 | HIV diagnosed | Less than a year ago | 19.79 (40192.96) | 1.000 | 3.941010 [0–] | 0.005 | 1 | 0 | 1–3 years ago | 0.19 (1.11) | 0.858 | 1.22 [0.13–10.82] | | 5 | 1 | Start of ART | Less than a year ago | −0.32 (1.17) | 0.779 | 0.72 [0.07–7.16] | 0.001 | 3 | 1 | 1–3 years ago | 0.18 (1.11) | 0.870 | 1.20 [0.13–10.65] | | 5 | 1 | Disclosure of HIV status | No | 0.38 (1.09) | 0.728 | 1.46 [0.17–12.612] | 0.001 | 6 | 1 | Educational intervention received | No | −1.50 (0.84) | 0.075 | 0.22 [0.04–1.16] | 0.028 | 3 | 3 |
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