Acceptance of Provider Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling among Tuberculosis Patients in East Wollega Administrative Zone, Oromia Regional State, Western Ethiopia

Table 3

Bivariate and multiple logistic regression analysis of factors associated with acceptance of PITC (𝑛=369).

Variables	Accepter	Not accepter	OR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	P value
Educational status					0.03
Not formal education^R	200	26	1.0	1.0
Formal education	169	4	5.49 (1.88–16.05)	3.51 (1.13–10.91)
Controlling of HIV could help in control of TB					0.04
No^R	36	10	1.0	1.0
Yes	333	20	4.63 (2.01–10.64)	3.89 (1.54–9.83)
Comprehensive knowledge on HIV/AIDS					0.011
Not knowledgeable^R	49	13	1.0	1.0
Knowledgeable	320	17	4.99 (2.84–10.92)	3.22 (1.3–7.97)
Self-perceived risk of; contracting HIV					0.028
No risk^R	38	9	1.0	1.0
Risk	331	21	3.73 (1.6–8.73)	2.93 (1.12–7.66)
Knowledge of PITC					0.017
Not knowledgeable^R	5	3	1.0	1.0
Knowledgeable	364	27	8.09 (1.83–35.67)	7.56 (1.14–40.35)

RReference category.