Research Article
Factors Affecting Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment in Harari National Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia
Table 1
Adherence rate by sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants at Hiwot Fana and Jugal hospitals, 2010.
| | Sociodemographic variable | Adherence status | Total | COR (95 CI) | | Adhered number (%) | Not adhered number (%) |
| | Sex | | | | | | Male | 54 (85.7) | 9 (14.3) | 63 (26.4) | 1.00 | | Female | 154 (87.5) | 22 (12.5) | 176 (73.6) | 1.17 (0.51, 2.69) | | Age | | | | | | 20–30 | 77 (92.8) | 6 (7.2) | 83 (34.7) | 1.00 | | 31–39 | 77 (85.6) | 13 (14.4) | 90 (37.7) | 0.36 (0.08, 1.63) | | 40–49 | 40 (81.6) | 9 (18.4) | 49 (20.7) | 0.79 (0.20, 3.13) | | ≥50 | 14 (82.4) | 3 (17.6) | 17 (7) | 1.05 (0.25, 4.44) | | Marital status | | | | | | Married | 86 (84.3) | 16 (15.7) | 102 (42.7) | 1.00 | | Single | 37 (90.2) | 4 (9.8) | 41 (17.2) | 1.49 (0.51–4.35) | | Divorced | 45 (88.2) | 6 (11.8) | 51 (21.3) | 0.87 (0.22, 3.47) | | Widowed | 40 (88.9) | 5 (11.1) | 45 (18.8) | 1.07 (0.30, 3.76) | | Educational level | | | | | | High school and above | 78 (90.7) | 8 (9.3) | 86 (36) | 1.00 | | Regular school 1–8 | 99 (86.1) | 16 (13.9) | 115 (48.1) | 1.58 (0.64, 3.87) | | Able to read and write | 7 (87.5) | 1 (12.5) | 8 (3.3) | 1.40 (0.15, 12.8) | | Unable to read and write | 24 (80) | 6 (20) | 30 (12.6) | 2.44 (0.77, 7.72) | | Occupation | | | | | | Employed | 178 (88.1) | 24 (11.9) | 202 (84.5) | 1.00 | | Unemployed | 30 (81.1) | 7 (18.9) | 37 (15.5) | 1.73 (0.69, 4.37) | | Income | | | | | | 00 | 40 (97.6) | 1 (2.4) | 41 (17.2) | 1.00 | | ≤500 | 102 (87.9) | 14 (12.1) | 116 (48.5) | 5.49 (0.69, 43.1) | | Do not know* | 66 (80.5) | 16 (19.5) | 82 (34.3) | |
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66 participants do not know their average monthly income and are not included in income analysis.
COR: crude odds ratio.
CI: confidence interval.
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