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Table 4 Association of Respondent Characteristics with the Stocking of ARV Drugs

From: Stigmatizing attitudes and low levels of knowledge but high willingness to participate in HIV management: A community-based survey of pharmacies in Pune, India

Characteristics

Total

N* (%)

Stock ARVs

Do not stock ARVs

Univariate OR

(95% CI)

p-value

Multivariate AOR

(95% CI)

p-value

Air Conditioner

       

   No

179 (87.3)

59 (80.8)

120 (90.9)

referent

 

referent

 

   Yes

26 (12.7)

14 (19.2)

12 (9.1)

2.37 (1.03 - 5.45)

0.042

3.77 (1.03 - 13.89)

0.046

Years in Business

       

   < = 5 years

57 (27.8)

14 (19.2)

43 (32.6)

referent

 

referent

 

   > 5 years

148 (72.2)

59 (80.8)

89 (67.4)

2.04 (1.02 - 4.05)

0.043

2.01 (0.83 - 4.90)

0.123

Size of Establishment

       

   Small

137 (66.8)

35 (47.9)

102 (77.3)

referent

 

referent

 

   Large

68 (33.2)

38 (52.1)

30 (22.7)

3.69 (2.00 - 6.82)

< 0.01

3.18 (1.39 - 7.24)

0.006

Verification of Prescription Authenticity # (N = 202)

       

   Never

10 (4.9)

5 (7.0)

5 (3.8)

referent

   

   Sometimes

36 (17.8)

11 (15.5)

25 (19.1)

0.44 (0.11 - 1.84)

0.260

--

 

   Always

156 (77.2)

55 (77.5)

101 (77.1)

0.55 (0.15 - 1.96)

0.353

  

Could Name OI Drugs

       

   No (Incorrect)

79 (38.5)

22 (30.1)

57 (43.2)

referent

 

referent

 

   Partially correct

30 (14.6)

12 (16.4)

18 (13.6)

1.73 (0.72 - 4.17)

0.224

0.83 (0.25 - 2.77)

0.762

   Yes (Correct)

96 (46.8)

39 (53.4)

57 (43.2)

1.77 (0.94 - 3.36)

0.079

1.50 (0.61 - 3.70)

0.383

Correctly Named ARV Drugs (N = 131)

       

   Less than 3

76 (58.0)

33 (45.8)

43 (72.9)

referent

 

referent

 

   More than 3

55 (42.0)

39 (54.2)

16 (27.1)

3.18 (1.52 - 6.64)

0.002

3.54 (1.52 - 8.24)

0.003

Knowledge Score #

       

   Low

6 (2.9)

2 (2.7)

4 (3.0)

referent

   

   Middle

175 (85.4)

56 (76.7)

119 (90.2)

0.94 (0.17 - 5.29)

0.945

--

 

   High

24 (11.7)

15 (20.5)

9 (6.8)

3.33 (0.51 - 22.0)

0.211

  
  1. *N = 205 unless otherwise specified, # variables not included in multivariate model