Prevalence, Perception and Predictors of Concomitant Herbal Medicine Use among HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Patients in Metekel Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 6
Determinants of herbal medicine use among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and tuberculosis (TB) patients in Metekel zone, northwest Ethiopia (n = 412).
Characteristics
Use of HM, n (%)
Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Yes
No
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
value
Type of facility
Pawi hospital
97 (46.2)
113 (53.8)
1
1
Health centers
120 (59.4)
82 (40.6)
1.71 (1.15, 2.52)
1.63 (1.04, 2.58)
0.03
Clinic
TB clinic
22 (38.6)
35 (61.4)
1
1
ART clinic
194 (54.6)
161 (45.4)
1.94 (1.09, 3.44)
1.96 (1.02, 3.85)
0.01
Gender
Male
89 (48.9)
93 (51.1)
1
1
Female
127 (55.2)
103 (44.8)
1.31 (0.89, 1.94)
1.04 (0.61, 1.75)
0.89
Age
≤30
63 (48.5)
67 (51.5)
1
1
0.16
30–40
88 (54.0)
75 (46.0)
1.25 (0.79, 1.98)
1.24 (0.73, 2.11)
0.43
41–50
50 (61.0)
32 (39.0)
1.66 (0.95, 2.91)
1.84 (0.95, 3.57)
0.07
51+
16 (43.2)
21 (56.8)
0.81 (0.39, 3.69)
0.78 (0.35, 1.76)
0.55
Occupation
Farmer
64 (45.1)
78 (54.9)
1
1
0.02
Housewife
62 (63.3)
36 (36.7)
2.11 (1.24, 3.57)
1.74 (1.02, 3.27)
0.03
Public servant
32 (55.2)
26 (44.8)
1.48 (0.80, 2.74)
1.46 (0.77, 2.77)
0.25
Self-employee
30 (81.8)
16 (18.2)
2.26 (1.13, 4.50)
4.86 (1.97, 24.4)
0.04
Student
12 (40.0)
18 (60.0)
0.80 (0.36, 1.79)
0.90 (0.39, 1.78)
0.82
Others
16 (42.1)
22 (57.9)
0.88 (0.42, 1.81)
0.82 (0.33, 1.13)
0.63
Current CD4 count#
≤350
51 (60)
34 (40)
1
1
350+
142 (52.6)
128 (47.4)
0.72 (0.42, 1.26)
0.73 (0.45, 1.21)
0.23
Occurrence of OIs#
No
153 (52.9)
136 (47.1)
1
1
Yes
40 (60.6)
26 (39.4)
1.37 (0.8, 2.36)
0.99 (0.55, 1.77)
0.9
Encountered SE from ART#
No
177 (53.2)
156 (46.8)
1
1
Yes
16 (72.7)
6 (27.3)
3.3 (1.09, 8.4)
2.56 (1.05, 7.14)
0.04
Ever discontinued ART#
No
155 (51.5)
146 (48.5)
1
1
Yes
38 (70.4)
16 (29.6)
2.24 (1.2, 4.19)
2.05 (1.08, 3.85)
0.03
HB: herbal medicine, COR: crude odds ratio, AOR: adjusted odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, ART: antiretroviral therapy, SE-ART: side effect, ART: antiretroviral therapy, OIs: opportunistic infection, #variable applies only for PLWHA, others: hyedya, gumuz, and kembata; others: jobless and daily laborers.
