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Table 4 Viral suppression following unsuppressed Viral Load from Jan 2015 to Oct 2018 and associated factors

From: Effect and implementation experience of intensive adherence counseling in a public HIV care center in Uganda: a mixed-methods study

Variable

Not suppressed (n = 310)

Suppressed (n = 189)

Crude PR

p-value

adj PR

95%CI

p-value

Intervention

       

 SOC

129 (73.7)

46 (26.3)

1

 

1

  

 IAC

181 (58.9)

143 (44.1)

1.68

 > 0.001

1.22

1.01–1.47

0.04

Age in years

34.6 (13.1)

35.1 (12.5)

1.01

0.666

1

0.99–1.01

0.949

Sex

       

 Male

113 (36.5)

61 (32.3)

1

 

1

  

 Female

197 (63.6)

128 (67.7)

1.12

0.349

1.06

0.08–1.28

0.559

Marital status

       

 Married

150 (48.4)

110 (58.2)

1

    

 Single

133 (42.9)

65 (34.4)

0.78

0.042

   

 Children

27 (8.7)

14 (7.4)

0.81

0.349

   

CD4 count

       

 ≤ 500

226 (87.6)

120 (80.4)

1

    

 > 500

32 (12.4)

29 (19.5)

1.37

0.04

   

First viral load

43,982 (35,011.1)

34,107.7 (18,072.5)

0.99

0.496

   

Initial regimen

       

 Efavirenz-based regimen

178 (57.4)

138 (73.0)

1

    

 Non-Efavirenz-based regimen

132 (42.6)

51 (27.0)

0.64

0.001

   

Current regimen

       

 NNRTI

13 (4.2)

97 (51.3)

1

 

1

  

 Protease inhibitors (PI)

285 (91.9)

29 (15.3)

0.1

 < 0.001

0.11

0.08–0.15

 < 0.001

 DTG-based regimen

12 (3.9)

63 (33.3)

0.95

0.429

0.96

0.85–1.09

0.543

First detectable viral load

70,203.2 (199,420.7)

90,402.5 (289,995.8)

1

0.32

   

Days on ART

1131.3 (1034.2)

1053.0 (1005.2)

0.99

0.411

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