Assessment of Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence among Children Attending Care at a Tertiary Hospital in Southeastern Nigeria

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the children studied ().

Characteristics	All patients	Adherent patients	Nonadherent patients	p value
Age (months)
<12	3 (1.4%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0%)	0.110
12–59	59 (28.1%)	57 (29.8%)	2 (10.5%)
60–119	77 (36.7%)	71 (37.2%)	6 (31.6%)
120–180	71 (33.8%)	60 (31.4%)	11 (57.9%)
Gender
Male	108 (51.4%)	97 (50.8%)	11 (57.9%)	0.750
Female	102 (48.6%)	94 (49.2%)	8 (42.1% )
Educational level
Not of school age	65 (31.0%)	64 (33.5%)	1 (5.3%)	0.004
Primary	85 (40.5%)	78 (40.8%)	7 (36.8%)
Secondary	60 (28.5%)	49 (25.7%)	11 (57.9%)
Treatment duration (months)
<12	12 (5.7%)	12 (6.3%)	0 (0%)	0.001
12–35	106 (50.5%)	103 (53.9%)	3 (15.8%)
36–59	68 (32.4%)	61 (31.9%)	7 (36.8%)
>60	24 (11.4%)	15 (7.9%)	9 (47.4%)
Who administers the medication
Self (age ≥ 10 years)	26 (12.4%)	19 (9.9%)	7 (36.8%)	0.005
Biological parent	146 (69.5%)	138 (72.3%)	8 (42.1%)
Biological grandparent	31 (14.8%)	28 (14.7%)	3 (15.8%)
Others	7 (3.3%)	6 (3.1%)	1 (5.3%)
Orphan status
Both parents alive	124 (59.0%)	117 (61.3%)	7 (36.8%)	0.001
One parent alive	64 (30.5%)	60 (31.4%)	4 (21.1%)
Both parents dead	22 (10.5%)	14 (7.3%)	8 (42.1%)

Statistically significant.