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Table 4 Distribution of scores for uptake of continuous care and results of univariable ordinal logistic regression analysis (unadjusted) according to level of composite care score of continuous care

From: Measuring the uptake of continuous care among people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy and social determinants of the uptake of continuous care in the southwest of China: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Level of composite care (%)

p-value

Unadjusted ordinal OR (95% CI)

Low (n = 234)

Middle (n = 235)

High (n = 233)

Age (years)

   

0.056††

 

 18–34

26.9

35.9

41.5

 

Ref.

 35–49

53.8

43.2

41.5

 

0.60 (0.44–0.81)**

 50 + 

19.2

20.9

17.1

 

0.69 (0.47–1.02)

Sex

   

0.016

 

 Male

60.3

73.1

74.8

 

Ref.

 Female

56.9

0.0

34.1

 

0.60 (0.45–0.81)**

Ethnicity

   

0.089

 

 Han

82.5

82.1

87.2

 

Ref.

 Other

17.5

17.9

12.8

 

0.78 (0.54–1.12)

Religious belief

   

0.305

 

 With

14.1

17.1

16.1

 

Ref.

 Without

85.9

82.9

82.9

 

0.83 (0.57–1.19)

Marital status

   

0.522

 

 Married

47.0

42.7

43.2

 

Ref.

 Single

32.1

36.8

37.2

 

1.22 (0.90–1.65)

 Divorced

17.1

17.9

14.5

 

1.14 (0.77–1.69)

 Widowed

6.4

2.6

5.1

 

0.87 (0.43–1.74)

Residence

   

0.237

 

 Rural

9.8

9.8

9.8

 

Ref.

 Urban

70.9

77.4

75.2

 

1.06 (0.67–1.69)

 Suburban

19.2

12.8

12.8

 

0.72 (0.41–1.26)

Employment status

   

 < 0.001

 

 Unemployed

58.5

43.2

32.9

 

Ref.

 Employed

41.5

56.8

67.1

 

2.20 (1.66–1.80)***

Education level

   

 < 0.001††

 

 Primary school or below

29.9

26.5

17.9

 

Ref.

 Secondary school

44.0

28.6

32.1

 

1.12 (0.78–1.60)

 High school

13.2

20.5

19.2

 

1.92 (1.26–2.94)**

 University or equivalent

12.8

24.4

30.8

 

2.67 (1.79–3.98)***

Medical insurance

   

 < 0.001

 

 Uninsured

7.3

9.0

5.6

 

Ref

 NRCMI

49.6

43.6

39.7

 

1.05 (0.61–1.80)

 UEBMI

6.4

20.9

26.5

 

2.89 (1.60–5.26)**

 URBMI

36.8

26.5

28.2

 

0.99 (0.57–1.72)

SES

   

0.060††

 

 Low

38.5

35.0

25.6

 

Ref.

 Middle

28.2

33.8

38.0

 

1.63 (1.17–2.28)**

 High

33.3

30.3

36.3

 

1.44 (1.03–2.01)*

HIV-acquisition risk

   

 < 0.001

 

 PWID

47.4

27.8

23.9

 

Ref.

 Heterosexuals

35.0

33.8

38.0

 

1.63 (1.17–2.28)**

 MSM

17.5

38.5

42.7

 

3.10 (2.20–4.39)***

Chronic comorbidities

   

 < 0.001

 

 Yes

51.3

35.9

30.3

 

Ref.

 No

48.7

64.1

69.7

 

1.98 (1.49–2.63)***

HIV-related stigma

44.5 (42.0–47.0)

44.0 (41.0–47.0)

44.0 (41.0–47.0)

0.526†

0.98 (0.96–1.01)

Social support

1.2 (0.3–2.0)

1.3 (0.8–2.3)

1.2 (0.7–2.0)

0.007†

1.12 (1.01–1.23)*

Distance to HIV facility, (km)

10.0 (5.0–30.0)

10.0 (6.0–24.5)

10.0 (5.0–30.0)

0.198†

1.00 (0.99–1.00)

Travel time, (hours)

1.0 (0.5–1.0)

0.5 (0.4–1.0)

0.7 (0.5–1.0)

0.405†

1.01 (0.93–1.09)

Transportation fee, (yuan)

8.0 (2.0–20.0)

6.0 (2.0–21.5)

6.0 (2.0–20.0)

0.834†

1.00 (0.99–1.00)

Waiting time for medicine, (hour)

1.5 (1.0–2.0)

1.0 (0.7–2.0)

1.0 (0.7–2.0)

0.217†

0.99 (0.90–1.10)

ART duration, (years)

3.8 (2.2–4.6)

3.7 (2.2–4.7)

3.7 (2.1–4.7)

0.905†

0.99 (0.90–1.10)

  1. Data are column percentage or median (IQR). SES socioeconomic status, NRCMI New Rural Cooperative Medical Insurance, UEBMI Urban Employees Basic Medical Insurance, URBMI Urban Residents Basic Medical Insurance, PWID people who inject drugs, MSM men who have sex with men, IDU injecting drug use, Ref. reference group. †Kruskal–Wallis test. ††Multinomial Cochran-Armitage trend test. ***, **, *Significant at levels 1, 5 and 10%, respectively
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