HIV-Positive Status Disclosure and Associated Factors among Children in North Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Bivariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with disclosure of HIV-positive status to HIV-infected children in North Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2012.

Variables	Disclosure status		Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
	Disclosed	Not disclosed
Sex of caregiver
Male	34	63	0.78 (0.49, 1.25)
Female	135	196	1.00
Age of caregiver
≤30	33	93	1.00
31–40	66	107	1.74 (1.05, 2.87)
41–50	28	36	2.19 (1.16, 4.13)
51–60	16	16	2.89 (1.27, 6.26)
>60	26	7	10.47 (4.15, 26.38)
Religion of caregiver
Orthodox christian	144	224	1.00
Muslim	13	30	0.67 (0.34, 1.34)
Protestant	12	5	3.73 (1.29, 10.82)
Relation with the child
Biological parent	83	197	1.00	1.00
Not biological parent	86	62	3.29 (2.17, 4.99)	4.14  (1.22, 14.04)
Educational status of caregivers
No formal education	72	97	1.56 (0.69, 3.51)
Primary school	36	77	0.98 (0.42, 2.3)
Secondary school	51	64	1.67 (0.72, 3.87)
Above secondary school	10	21	1.00
Sex of child
Male	88	123	1.20 (0.81, 1.77)
Female	81	136	1.00
Age of child
<10	26	177	1.00	1.00
≥10	143	82	11.87 (7.25, 19.44)	8.54  (4.5, 15.53)
Educational status of child
Not started education	7	54	1.00
Kindergarten	2	46	0.335 (.07, 1.69)
Primary school (1–8)	150	154	7.51 (3.31, 17.04)
Secondary school (9–12)	10	5	15.43 (4.07, 58.41)
With whom currently living
Biological parent	88	196	1.00
Siblings	13	14	2.07 (93, 4.58)
Relatives	54	46	2.62 (1.64, 4.17)
At orphanage camp and others	14	3	10.39 (2.91, 37.09)
HIV-positive status of caregivers
Positive	78	187	1.00
Negative	60	52	2.76 (1.75, 4.36)
Unknown status	31	20	3.72 (1.99, 6.92)
Lost any of his/her family
Yes	119	118	2.84 (1.89, 4.29)	2.04  (1.16, 3.6)
No	50	141	1.00	1.00
History of OIs
Yes	147	197	2.10 (1.23, 3.57 )
No	22	62	1.00
ART status of the child
On ART	146	202	1.79 (1.05, 3.04)
Before ART	23	57	1.00