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Table 2 Factors associated with partner completing testing (n = 6,932 partners with unknown statusa)

From: Profile of partners who completed HIV testing and received a new HIV diagnosis in Ukraine’s HIV index testing program: a retrospective cohort study to inform program improvement

Variable (reference category)

Comparison group

Bivariable model

Multivariable model

OR

95% CI

p-value

aOR

95% CI

p-value

IC sex (ref = female)

Male

1.28

(1.09, 1.50)

0.002

1.47

(1.06, 2.05)

0.022

IC age (continuous)

Each 5-year increase

1.03

(0.99, 1.08)

0.19

   

IC reason for testing at own HIV diagnosis (ref = no)

PWID

4.28

(3.24, 5.65)

 < 0.001

5.56

(3.98, 7.75)

 < 0.001

MSM

1.35

(0.76, 2.39)

0.31

   

HIV + partner

2.25

(1.71, 2.95)

 < 0.001

3.47

(2.56, 4.68)

 < 0.001

Pregnancy

2.42

(1.84, 3.19)

 < 0.001

3.14

(2.30, 4.28)

 < 0.001

IC number of partners (ref = one)

Multiple

0.84

(0.69, 1.04)

0.10

   

IC recent HIV diagnosis (ref = within 6 months)

Established IC (> 6 months)

0.96

(0.81, 1.14)

0.66

   

IC HIV VL status (ref = VL <  = 1000)

Unsuppressed

0.11

(0.08, 0.16)

 < 0.001

0.11

(0.08, 0.15)

 < 0.001

VL not available

0.04

(0.03, 0.06)

 < 0.001

0.05

(0.04, 0.08)

 < 0.001

Partner sex (ref = female)

Male (ref = female)

0.85

(0.73, 1.00)

0.04

1.03

(0.75, 1.40)

0.87

Partner type (ref = sexual)

Needle-sharing

2.86

(1.79, 4.56)

 < 0.001

0.86

(0.49, 1.53)

0.61

Child

1.14

(0.86, 1.51)

0.36

1.25

(0.91, 1.73)

0.17

Mode of partner notification (ref = client notification)

Contract

0.99

(0.44, 2.23)

0.97

0.92

(0.40, 2.13)

0.85

Provider

1.55

(1.14, 2.10)

0.005

1.76

(1.28, 2.43)

0.001

Joint

1.55

(1.24, 1.93)

 < 0.001

1.56

(1.23, 1.97)

 < 0.001

  1. OR Odds ratio, aOR Adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, IC Index client, ART Antiretroviral therapy, PWID Person with current or past injection drug use, MSM Man having sex with men, VL HIV viral load
  2. aExcludes 27 partners with IPV concern reported. Data on partner age was missing for 67.7% of partners who did not complete testing, so this factor was excluded from the analysis. Results based on mixed effects logistic regression models, which treated health facility and ICs as random effects (to address nesting of observations on partners within health facilities and ICs). Health facilities in the sample had between 12 and 645 partners (mean = 161) and ICs had between one and 14 partners (mean = 1.1)