It is worthwhile to receive VCT and learn your HIV status | |||
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Variablea | OR | 95% CI | P-value |
Negative labeling and devaluation (Ref = 50 pts)a | 0.04 | ||
0 pts | 1.14 | 0.68 – 1.91 | |
25 pts | 1.07 | 0.83 – 1.38 | |
75 pts | 0.94 | 0.72 – 1.21 | |
100 pts | 0.88 | 0.52 – 1.47 | |
Social exclusion (Ref = 50 pts)a | <0.001 | ||
0 pts | 1.96 | 1.23 – 3.10 | |
25 pts | 1.40 | 1.11 – 1.76 | |
75 pts | 0.71 | 0.56 – 0.90 | |
100 pts | 0.51 | 0.32 – 0.81 | |
Age (per 10 years) | 0.91 | 0.76 – 1.08 | 0.3 |
Education (per 5 years) | 0.91 | 0.62 – 1.34 | 0.6 |
Distance to clinic (per 5 km) | 0.96 | 0.81 – 1.14 | 0.6 |
Reside in isolated district | 0.68 | 0.47 – 0.99 | 0.047 |
Understand Portuguese | 0.95 | 0.65 – 1.40 | 0.8 |
Marital status (Ref = married/common law) | 0.8 | ||
Divorced/separated | 1.00 | 0.41 – 2.43 | |
Single | 0.83 | 0.55 – 1.25 | |
Widowed | 1.00 | 0.48 – 2.07 | |
Religion (Ref = Catholic) | 0.5 | ||
Evangelical and Pentecostal | 0.73 | 0.44 – 1.19 | |
Muslim | 1.15 | 0.67 – 1.97 | |
Non-Christian Eastern | 0.64 | 0.23 – 1.76 | |
Other Christian | 0.54 | 0.24 – 1.22 | |
Other | 0.84 | 0.47 – 1.48 | |
Protestant | 1.15 | 0.64 – 2.06 | |
Quality of life score (75 versus 50 pts) | 3.04 | 1.95 – 4.76 | <0.001 |
HIV knowledge score (5 versus 1 pt) | 1.68 | 1.06 – 2.68 | 0.047 |
HIV infection of self, relative and/or friend | 1.02 | 0.62 –1.69 | 0.9 |
VCT experience (Ref = Never tested) | <0.001 | ||
Ever tested & no test results received | 2.79 | 1.64 – 4.73 | |
Ever tested & results received | 7.61 | 5.08–11.4 | |
Accessed health facility | 1.27 | 0.86 – 1.87 | 0.2 |
Accessed pharmacy | 0.87 | 0.59 – 1.29 | 0.5 |
Accessed traditional healer | 1.63 | 1.17 – 2.28 | 0.004 |
Believes that ART helps people with HIV to be healthier | 6.47 | 4.36 – 9.59 | <0.001 |
Believes in alternative treatments for HIV | 1.04 | 0.59 – 1.83 | 0.2 |
Perceived chance of becoming infected with HIV (Ref = non-response/don’t know) | 0.9 | ||
Already infected | 1.41 | 0.41 – 4.79 | |
Good chance | 1.20 | 0.66 – 2.17 | |
Small chance | 1.07 | 0.68 – 1.68 | |
No chance | 1.64 | 1.08 – 2.49 |