Research Article
Suicidal Ideation, Attempt, and Determining Factors among HIV/AIDS Patients, Ethiopia
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of HIV positive patients at Debark Hospital Northwest, Ethiopia, 2015 (
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| Variable | Category | Frequency () | Percent (%) |
| Serum status knowing duration | <6 months | 41 | 10.4 | ≥6 months | 352 | 89.6 |
| WHO AIDS stage | T1 | 319 | 81.2 | T2 | 5 | 1.3 | T3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 16 | 4.1 | 2 | 28 | 7.1 | 3 | 18 | 4.6 | 4 | 6 | 1.5 |
| CD4 level | ≤500 | 124 | 31.6 | >500 | 269 | 68.4 |
| Starting HAART | Yes | 369 | 93.9 | No | 24 | 6.1 |
| Partner serum status | Positive | 146 | 37.2 | Negative | 54 | 13.7 | Not known | 193 | 49.1 |
| Opportunistic infections (OI) | TB | 327 | 83.2 | Herpes zoster | 62 | 15.8 | Others | 4 | 1 |
| Depression | Yes | 149 | 37.9 | No | 244 | 62.1 |
| Perceived HIV stigma | Yes | 115 | 29.3 | No | 278 | 70.7 |
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