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Table 1 Univariable and multivariable analysis of having testing for HIV by socio-demographic, sexual behaviour, and HIV infection

From: Voluntary HIV testing and risky sexual behaviours among health care workers: a survey in rural and urban Burkina Faso

 

Total n

Users of VCT%

Univariable OR(95%CI)*

Multivariable** OR(95%CI)

Gender

    

Men

705

42.6

1.4 (1.1 – 1.7)

1.4 (1.1 – 1.6)

Women

865

34.6

1

1

Age (years)

    

≤24

115

35.7

1.1 (0.7 – 1.8)

1.1 (0.7 – 1.6)

25-29

338

39.1

1.3 (0.9 – 1.8)

1.2 (0.9 – 1.7)

30-34

370

41.6

1.4 (1.0 – 2.0)

1.4 (1.0 – 2.1)

35-39

264

37.5

1.2 (0.8 – 1.7)

1.2 (0.7 – 1.6)

40-44

223

39.0

1.3 (0.9 – 1.9)

1.2 (0.9 – 1.8)

>44

260

33.1

1

 

Geographical location

    

Rural

467

35.8

1

1

Urban

1103

39.2

1.2 (0.9 – 1.4)

1.2 (1.0 – 1.3)

Marital status

    

Single

493

41.4

1.2 (0.9 – 1.5)

1.1 (0.8 - 1.4)

Married or living in couple

1077

36.7

1

1

Job category

    

Nurses /Midwives

1038

39.9

1

1

Students and trainees

258

37.6

0.9(0.7 – 1.2)

0.9(0.8 – 1.2)

Laboratory workers

35

82.9

7.3 (3.0 – 17.7)

7.1 (2.9 – 17.6)

Administrative and manual workers

239

24.7

0.5 (0.4 – 0.7)

0.5 (0.4 – 0.8)

Years of work experience

    

≤ 1 year

288

31.5

1

1

2 – 10 years

1050

39.3

1.4 (1.1 – 1.9)

1.4 (1.1 – 1.8)

>10 years

230

41.2

1.5 (1.1 – 2.2)

1.5 (1.1 – 2.2)

Professional vulnerability for HIV***

    

Not vulnerable to HIV

45

35.6

0.9 (0.5 – 1.6)

 

Vulnerable to HIV

1515

38.4

1

 

Don’t know

10

10.0

0.2 (0.02 – 1.4)

 

High-risk sex****

    

Yes

312

46.2

1

1

No

1200

36.3

0.7 (0.5 – 0.9)

0.7 (0.4 -0.9)

Condom at last sex (with occasional partner)

    

Yes

272

44.1

0.5 (0.3 – 1.0)

0.4 (0.3 – 1.0)

No

40

60.0

1

1

HCWs HIV-infected

    

Yes

35

40.0

1

1

No

978

38.0

0.9 (0.5 – 1.8)

0.8 (0.5 – 1.7)

No sample

557

38.2

0.9 (0.5 – 1.9)

0.7 (0.6 – 1.7)

  1. * Odds ratio (95% confidence interval).
  2. ** Covariates in multivariable logistic regression: gender, location, marital status, age, schools, high-risk sex and HIV infection.
  3. *** HCWs who perceived their occupation vulnerable for HIV.
  4. **** Having a non-cohabitating, non-marital sexual partner in the last 12 months (occasional partner).