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Table 2 Factors associated with Non-adherence to ART in bivariate and multivariate analysis

From: Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and retention in care for adolescents living with HIV from 10 districts in Uganda

Variable

 

Non adherence

N = 168 (9.6 %)

Adherence

N = 1588 (90.4 %)

Totals N = 1756

Crude OR (95 % CI)

P value

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)

P value

Sex

Female

93 (8.5)

1003 (91.5)

1096

    

Male

75 (11.4)

585 (88.6)

660

1.38 [1.00 1.90]

0.048

1.33 [0.84 2.13]

0.224

Facility location

Urban

132 (8.4)

1441 (91.6)

1573

    

Rural

36 (19.7)

147 (80.3)

183

2.67 [1.78 4.01]

0.000

2.64 [1.28 5.43]

0.008

Age at initiation

<15 years

122 (9.1)

1224 (90.9)

1346

    

≥15 years

46 (11.2)

364 (88.8)

410

1.27 [0.88 1.81]

0.195

  

Age at last encounter

<15 years

89 (10.4)

765 (89.6)

854

    

≥15 years

79 (8.8)

823 (91.2)

902

0.82 [0.60 1.13]

0.237

  

Ownership of Health Facility

Government

88 (7.9)

1022 (92.1)

1110

    

Private

80 (12.4)

566 (87.6)

646

1.64 [1.19 2.25]

0.002

0.55 [0.06 4.77]

0.585

Level of HF

Hospital

52 (5.6)

874 (94.4)

926

    

Health Center

37 (18.6)

162 (81.4)

199

3.83 [2.43 6.04]

0.000

2.02 [0.97 4.22]

0.061

Duration on ART

>1 year

85 (8.2)

949 (91.8)

1034

    

≤1 year

83 (11.5)

639 (88.5)

725

1.45 [1.05 1.99]

0.022

1.56 [0.81 3.02]

0.183

>3 years

42 (7.0)

559 (93.0)

601

    

≤3 years

126 (10.9)

1029 (89.1)

1155

1.63 [1.13 2.34]

0.009

0.63 [0.31 1.27]

0.195

Regimen at initiation

EFV based

82 (10.3)

718 (89.7)

800

    

NVP based

82 (9.1)

821 (90.9)

903

0.87 [0.63 1.20]

0.415

  

LPV/r based

4 (11.1)

32 (88.9)

36

1.09 [0.37 3.17]

0.868

  
  1. HF health facility, EFV Efavirenz, LPV/r Lopinavir/ritotanir, NVP Nevirapine
  2. The value in bold is the only one which is statistically significant and was intentionally put in bold in order for it to stand out