Factors affecting first month adherence due to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive adults at Felege Hiwot Teaching and Specialized Hospital, north-western Ethiopia; a prospective study

Tegegne, Awoke Seyoum; Ndlovu, Principal; Zewotir, Temesgen

doi:10.1186/s12879-018-2977-0

Table 3 Parameter estimation for multi variable logistic regression model on optimal adherence

From: Factors affecting first month adherence due to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive adults at Felege Hiwot Teaching and Specialized Hospital, north-western Ethiopia; a prospective study

Parameter	B	Standard error	AOR	95% CI for Exp(B)		P-value
Parameter	B	Standard error	AOR	Lower	Upper	P-value
(Intercept)	0.971	4.2297	2.641	1.002	3.043	0.009
Age	−0.046	0.0705	0.063	0.032	0.196	0.013*
Weight	− 0.095	0.0425	0.9101	0.837	1.098	0.055
Baseline CD4 cell count	−0.005	0.0078	0.995	0.403	0.999	0.010*
Residence (reference = urban)
Rural	−0.186	0.3285	0.83	0.533	0.993	0.001*
Education (reference = Tertiary)
No-education	−2.25	0.105	0.105	0.000	4.643	0.464
Primary education	−2.68	0.168	0.069	0.000	7.976	0.345
Secondary education	−1.41	0.244	0.2441	0.001	9.282	0.639
Marital status (reference = living without partner)
Living with partner	0.782	0.4763	2.187	1.860	5.562	0.010*
Gender(reference = male)
Female	0.011	2.0552	1.011	1.009	1.365	0.023*
Household income (reference = high income)
Low income	−0.996	4.2249	0.37	0.001	0.64	0.024*
Middle income	−0.919	4.2249	0.399	0.063	1.871	0.994
Ownership of cell phone (reference = yes)
No	−0.328	2.377	0.72	0.32	0.94	0.009*
Level of disclosed disease (reference = yes)
No	−1.124	1.2463	.325	0.01	0.64	0.008*
WHO stages (ref = WHO stage 4)
WHO stage 1	0.210	2.3145	1.233	0.009	4.054	0.933
WHO stgage 2	−0.827	1.6532	.437	0.137	1.392	0.162
WHO stage 3	−0.363	1.2351	.696	0.321	1.510	0.359
Social support (reference = yes)
No	−0.874	1.4321	0.4173	0.021	0.743	< 0.001*
Food adherence (reference = yes)
No	−0.921	1.236	0.398	0.086	0.563	< 0.001*
Age^a patients with owner of cell phone (reference = yes)
Age^a no	0.013	1.3210	1.013	1.002	1.0664	0.009*
Age^agender(reference = male)
Age^a female	−0.104	2.1024	0.90123	0.7345	0.9998	0.005*
Baseline CD4 cell count^a gender (reference = male)
Female^a baseline CD4	−0.108	1.1200	0.89763	0.5703	0.9456	0.042*
Owner of cell phone^a initial CD4 cell count (reference = yes)
Baseline CD4 cell^a no	0.128	0.8801	1.1427	1.0027	1.2832	0.008*

^aIndicates significant at 95% CI

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