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

Table 2 Univariate and multivariate analysis of high-risk sex by socio-demographic and HIV infection

	Total n	High-risk sex§%	Univariable OR(95%CI)*	Multivariable* OR(95%CI)
Gender
Men	678	34.2	4.9 (3.7 – 6.5)	4.9 (3.6 – 6.4)
Women	834	9.6	1	1
Age (years)
≤29	410	39.5	7.3 (4.5 – 12.1)	7.4 (4.6 – 11.1)
30-34	361	18.6	2.5 (1.5 – 4.3)	2.6 (1.4 – 4.1)
35-39	264	14.8	1.9 (1.1 – 3.4)	1.8 (1.1 – 3.1)
40-44	222	10.4	1.3 (0.7 – 2.4)	1.2 (0.7 – 2.3)
>44	255	8.2	1	1
Marital status
Single	435	48.8	9.3 (7.0 – 12.3)	9.1 (7.0 – 11.0)
Married or living in couple	1077	9.3	1	1
Geographical location
Rural	449	23.4	1.3 (1.0 – 1.7)	1.2 (0.9 – 1.6)
Urban	1063	19.3	1	1
Job category
Nurses/ Midwives	1020	17.3	1	1
Students and trainees	229	43.7	3.7 (2.7 – 5.1)	3.4 (2.6 – 5.0)
Laboratory workers	34	20.6	1.2 (0.5 – 2.8)	1.2 (0.4 – 2.6)
Administrative and manual workers	229	12.7	0.7 (0.4 – 1.1)	0.6 (0.4 – 1.1)
Years of work experience
<1 year	200	22.5	1.5 (0.9 – 2.4)
2 – 10 years	1162	20.4	1.0 (0.7 – 1.6)
>10 years	150	20.0	1
Professional vulnerability for HIV***
Not vulnerable to HIV	41	24.4	1
Vulnerable to HIV	1460	26.8	1.1 (0.7 – 2.4)
Don’t know	11	0.0	-----
HCWs HIV-infected
Yes	35	11.8	1	1
No	970	22.1	2.2 (0.8 – 7.4)	2.3 (0.7 – 7.1)
No sample	507	18.5	1.8 (0.7 – 6.0)	1.6 (0.6 – 5.4)

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

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