Disclosure experience and associated factors among HIV positive men and women clinical service users in southwest Ethiopia

Table 2 Psychosocial, medical and sexual characteristics of the respondents, Jimma University Specialized Hospital, March 2007

Variables	Male(352)		Female(353)		P-value
	N	%	N	%
Depression(BDI > 10)^a					0.009
Not depressed	235	66.8	268	75.9
Depressed	117	33.2	85	24.1
Knowledge of partner's HIV status					0.468
Yes	284	80.7	276	78.2
No	68	19.3	77	21.8
Partner HIV status					0.517
HIV positive	238	67.6	238	67.4
HIV negative	46	13.1	38	10.8
Unknown	68	19.3	77	21.8
Taking ART					0.000
yes	277	78.7	228	64.4
No	75	21.3	125	35.4
Number of life time Sexual partners					0.000
1	12	3.4	39	11.0
2–4	182	51.7	241	68.3
>= 5	158	44.9	73	20.7
WHO Stage of disease at enrollment
I & II	66	18.9	105	29.8	0.000
III	169	48.3	179	50.9
IV	115	32.9	68	19.3
Substance use ^b					0.039
Yes	37	10.5	21	5.9
No	315	89.5	332	94.1

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