Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence Rate and Associated Factors among People Living with HIV in Dubti Hospital, Afar Regional State, East Ethiopia

Table 1

The sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of participants.

Variable	Categories	Frequency	Percent (%)
Age	<25	85	23
	25–30	114	30.8
	>30	171	46.2
Mean and s.d of participant age			32.9 (SD = 9.1)
Sex	Female	210	56.8
	Male	160	43.2
Residence	Rural	69	15.6
	Urban	301	84.4
Religion	Muslim	258	69.7
	Christian Orthodox	112	30.3
Educational status	No school	173	46.8
	Primary	108	29.2
	Secondary & above	89	24
Occupation	Employed	215	58.1
	Unemployed	155	41.9
Marital status	Married	191	51.6
	Unmarried	179	48.4
Disclosure status	Yes	302	81.6
	No	68	18.4
ART drug	NVP based	199	53.8
	EFV based	171	46.2
Clinical stage	I & II	66	17.8
	III & IV	302	82.2
Baseline CD4 count	<200 cells/mm^3	221	59.7
	≥200 cells/mm^3	149	40.3
Median and IQR of CD4 count			169 (IQR = 87.5–61.3)
Mean and s.d of treatment duration			47.7  (s.d = 26.3)