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Table 4 Relationship between socio-demographic/clinical characteristics and retention in care in public and private hospitals in Anambra State, Nigeria

From: Retention in care and adherence to HIV and AIDS treatment in Anambra State Nigeria

Variable

Public hospital

Private hospital

Good retention (%)

COR (95% CI)

p-value

Good retention (%)

COR (95% CI)

p-value

Age

 Less than 35 yrs

135 (75.7)

0.7 (0.44–1.00)

0.048

164 (82.4)

1.13 (0.73–1.75)

0.569

 35 yrs. and older

357 (82.5)

  

351 (80.5)

  

Gender

 Male

140 (82.4)

0.8 (0.53–1.31)

0.435

149 (78.8)

1.2 (0.80–1.88)

0.342

 Female

370 (79.6)

  

366 (82.1)

  

Marital Status

 Currently Married

300 (80.9)

1.1 (0.73–1.61)

0.681

381 (79.4)

0.6 (0.36–1.00)

0.050

 Not Currently marrieda

210 (79.6)

  

134 (134)

  

Employment status

 Employed

451 (82.0)

2.0 (1.21–3.34)

0.007

465 (81.3)

1.1 (0.59–2.15)

0.711

 Unemployed

59 (69.4)

  

50 (79.4)

  

Place of residence

 Rural

154 (76.2)

0.7 (0.46–1.04)

0.078

165 (84.6)

1.4 (0.90–2.22)

0.132

 Urban

356 (82.2)

  

350 (79.6)

  

Education

 Primary education or less

224 (84.5)

1.6 (1.06–2.42)

0.024

107 (74.8)

0.6 (0.39–0.95)

0.029

 Secondary education and more

286 (77.3)

  

408 (82.9)

  

Dosing frequency

 12 hrly

371 (81.4)

0.8 (0.52–1.22)

0.291

412 (82.9)

0.6 (0.39–0.95)

0.028

 24 hrly

139 (77.7)

  

103 (74.6)

  

Regimen type

 First line

502 (80.7)

2.6 (0.84–8.13)

0.085

501 (81.9)

2.9 (1.22–6.87)

0.012

 Second line

8 (61.5)

  

14 (60.9)

  

Experienced stock out

 Yes

256 (85.1)

1.8 (1.2–2.68)

0.004

20 (74.1)

0.7 (0.27–1.58)

0.340

 No

254 (76.1)

  

495 (81.4)

  

Disclosure status

 Yes

471 (83.2)

3.8 (2.26–6.44)

< 0.001

461 (82.2)

1.7 (0.98–2.98)

0.057

 No

39 (56.5)

  

54 (73.0)

  

Transportation cost

 Less than 1000

470 (79.4)

0.3 (0.09–0.95)

0.030

455 (80.7)

0.8 (0.39–1.50)

0.437

 More than 1000

40 (93.0)

  

60 (84.5)

  
  1. a = Not currently married included Single (never married), Separated, Divorced and Widowed COR = Crude odds ratio