Table 5 Logistic Regression of Clients’ Independent Characteristics and Positive HIV-RDT Outcome

Age

1.03(1.01,1.05)

0.006

1.05(1.02,1.08)

0.001

1(0.97,1.04)

0.847

Sex

Female

Male

1.50(0.86,2.61)

0.152

Marital status

Married

Never married

1.81(0.97,3.35)

0.060

2.06(0.92,4.62)

0.081

2.09(0.78,5.57)

0.140

Divorced

2.10(1.04,4.25)

0.040

2.04(0.66,6.27)

0.214

2.71(1.07,6.87)

0.036

Widowed

4.33(1.57,11.94)

0.005

4.64(0.88,24.50)

0.071

7.07(1.96,25.54)

0.003

Pregnancy Status

Yes

No

7.76(2.51,23.97)

0.000

5.04(1.20,21.13)

0.027

Occupation

Homemaker

0

0.999

Unemployed

3.20(1.59,6.45)

0.001

2.01(0.75,5.44)

0.168

2.69(1.14,6.34)

0.024

Employee

3.20(1.59,6.45)

0.520

0.54(0.21,1.40)

0.205

0.78(0.38,1.62)

0.507

Self-employed

0.81(0.42,1.55)

0.960

0.44(0.10,2.06)

0.300

Education level

Illiterate

0.015

Primary school

1.85(0.57,6.0)

0.304

1.93(0.34,10.9)

0.454

1.35(0.28,6.59)

0.712

Secondary school

4.67(1.44,15.11)

0.010

4.94(0.9,27)

0.065

3.06(0.63,14.96)

0.166

High school and diploma

3.03(0.92,10.03)

0.069

2.05(0.35,12)

0.427

2.72(0.56,13.1)

0.213

University degree

2.10(0.60,7.38)

0.248

1.51(0.24,9.67)

0.665

1.96(0.37,10.34)

0.425

Testing History

First Time

Repeated

0.66(0.25,1.70)

0.389

1.05(0.31,3.55)

0.932

0.51(0.11,0.2.29)

0.378

Nationality

Iranian

Non-Iranian

1.60(0.73,3.46)

0.238

1.61(0.46,5.64)

0.460

1.58(0.58,4.28)

0.369

Referral Type

Referred Client

Volunteer

0.53(0.32,0.89)

0.017

0.38(0.17,0.82)

0.014

0.67(0.33,1.37)

0.273

Duration from First Exposure

< 3 months

≥ 3 months

1.20(0.70,2.08)

0.389

1.46(0.59,3.60)

0.416

0.95(0.47,1.94)

0.887

Reasons for Taking HIV-RDT

1(1,1)

0.695

1(1,1)

0.112

1(1,1)

0.497