Table 4 Prevalence of fatigue among adults living with HIV/AIDS attending ART, in Mekelle city public and private health facilities, Tigray, North Ethiopia, April 2019, (n = 567)
From: Burden of fatigue among adults living with HIV/AIDS attending antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia
Socio-demographic characters | Fatigue | ||
|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | ||
Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | ||
Sex | Male | 108 (45.0) | 132 (55.0) |
Female | 166 (50.8) | 161 (49.2) | |
Age | 18–24 | 17 (38.6) | 27 (61.4) |
25–29 | 31 (44.9) | 38 (55.1) | |
30–49 | 184 (52.0) | 170 (48.0) | |
> = 50 | 42 (42.0) | 58 (58.0) | |
Marital statues | Single | 40 (37.0) | 68 (63.0) |
Married | 163 (63.2) | 95 (36.8) | |
Separated | 44 (37.0) | 75 (63.0) | |
Widowed | 27 (32.9) | 55 (67.1) | |
Occupation | House wife | 68 (54.4) | 57 (45.6) |
Unemployed | 13 (25.0) | 39 (75.0) | |
Merchant | 52 (49.1) | 54 (50.9) | |
Daily laborer | 62 (51.2) | 59 (48.8) | |
Governmental/NGO Employed | 68 (50.7) | 66 (49.3) | |
Others (farmer and student) | 11 (37.9) | 18 (62.1) | |
Level of education | No education | 66 (45.5) | 79 (54.5) |
Primary school | 84 (48.8) | 88 (51.2) | |
Secondary school | 64 (47.1) | 72 (52.9) | |
More than Secondary | 60 (52.6) | 54 (47.4) | |
Residence | Urban | 234 (51.4) | 221 (48.6) |
Rural | 40 (35.7) | 72 (64.3) | |
Presence of children | No | 213(52.0) | 197 (48.0) |
Yes | 61 (38.9) | 96 (61.1) | |
BMI | Under weight | 82 (43.9) | 105 (56.1) |
Normal weight | 135 (50.0) | 135 (50.0) | |
Over weight and obesity | 57(51.8) | 53 (48.2) | |
Disease And Treatment Related Factors | |||
CD4 count | < 200 | 24 (26.4) | 67 (73.6) |
200–499 | 117 (38.0) | 191(62.0) | |
> = 500 | 133 (79.2) | 35 (20.8) | |
WHO classification of HIV disease | Stage I | 222 (48.3) | 94 (51.7) |
Stage II | 26 (25.2) | 77 (74.8) | |
Stage III | 18 (19.6) | 74 (80.4) | |
Stage IV | 8 (14.3) | 48 (85.7) | |
Anemia status of the patient | No | 257 (59.6) | 174 (40.4) |
Yes | 17 (12.5) | 119 (87.5) | |
Drug regimen | AZT + 3TC + NVP | 64 (55.7) | 51 (44.3) |
AZT + 3TC + EFV | 24 (58.5) | 17 (41.5) | |
TD3 + 3TC + EFV | 131 (51.0) | 126 (49.0) | |
TDF + 3TC + NVP | 36 (29.8) | 85 (70.2) | |
ABC + DDI + LPV/R | 19 (57.6) | 14 (42.4) | |
Co-morbid health conditions | No | 256(58.4) | 182(41.6) |
Yes | 18(14.0) | 111(86.0) | |
Duration since HIV confirmed | |||
0–35 months | 87 (37.0) | 148 (63.0) | |
≥ 36 | 187 (56.3) | 145 (43.7) | |
Psychosocial and personal factors | |||
Depression | No | 216 (76.3) | 67 (23.7) |
Yes | 58 (20.4) | 226 (79.6) | |
Insomnia | No | 213 (68.3) | 99 (31.7) |
Yes | 61 (23.9) | 194 (76.1) | |
Physical exercise | No | 211 (43.8) | 271 (56.2) |
Yes | 63 (74.1) | 22 (25.9) | |
Presence of any physical disability | No | 272 (49.1) | 282 (50.9) |
Yes | 2 (15.4) | 11 (84.6) | |