HIV Case Management Support Service Is Associated with Improved CD4 Counts of Patients Receiving Care at the Antiretroviral Clinic of Pantang Hospital, Ghana

Table 7

Univariate and multivariate analysis of support services participants received (12 months prior to the study), in association with their most recent CD4 count levels.

Support	Unadjusted	value	Adjusted	value
	OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)
Case management of HIV/AIDS
disease ()
No	1 (ref)		1 (ref)
Yes	2.80 (1.34–5.82)	0.01	2.36 (1.01–5.49)	0.05
Help remembering to take HIV medicines on time or correctly
No	1 (ref)
Yes	1.52 (0.66–3.51)	0.32	ND	NA
Counselling about how to prevent the spread of HIV
No	1 (ref)		1 (ref)
Yes	2.79 (1.17–6.68)	0.02	1.83 (0.66–5.07)	0.24
HIV peer group support
No	1 (ref)
Yes	1.07 (0.09–12.07)	0.96	ND	NA
Mental health services
No	1 (ref)		1 (ref)
Yes	0.2 (0.04–1.00)	0.05	0.28 (0.05–1.70)	0.16
Drug or alcohol counselling or treatment
No	1 (ref)
Yes	0.76 (0.31–1.85)	0.54	ND	NA
Domestic violence services
No	1 (ref)
Yes	2.24 (0.24–20.61)	0.48	ND	NA
Nutritional services
No	1 (ref)
Yes	0.79 (0.38–1.67)	0.54	ND	NA

ND = not determined; NA = not applicable.