Research Article
Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence Rate and Associated Factors among People Living with HIV in Dubti Hospital, Afar Regional State, East Ethiopia
Table 1
The sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of participants.
| Variable | Categories | Frequency | Percent (%) |
| Age | <25 | 85 | 23 | 25–30 | 114 | 30.8 | >30 | 171 | 46.2 | Mean and s.d of participant age | | 32.9 (SD = 9.1) | Sex | Female | 210 | 56.8 | Male | 160 | 43.2 | Residence | Rural | 69 | 15.6 | Urban | 301 | 84.4 | Religion | Muslim | 258 | 69.7 | Christian Orthodox | 112 | 30.3 | Educational status | No school | 173 | 46.8 | Primary | 108 | 29.2 | Secondary & above | 89 | 24 | Occupation | Employed | 215 | 58.1 | Unemployed | 155 | 41.9 | Marital status | Married | 191 | 51.6 | Unmarried | 179 | 48.4 | Disclosure status | Yes | 302 | 81.6 | No | 68 | 18.4 | ART drug | NVP based | 199 | 53.8 | EFV based | 171 | 46.2 | Clinical stage | I & II | 66 | 17.8 | III & IV | 302 | 82.2 | Baseline CD4 count | <200 cells/mm3 | 221 | 59.7 | ≥200 cells/mm3 | 149 | 40.3 | Median and IQR of CD4 count | | 169 (IQR = 87.5–61.3) | Mean and s.d of treatment duration | | 47.7 (s.d = 26.3) |
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