Table 3.
association between respondents’ socio-demographics and adherence to HAART
| Variables | Adherence | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good adherence | Poor adherence | χ2 | P-value | |
| Age | ||||
| <43 | 319(61.9) | 196(38.1) | 1.569 | 0.210 |
| ≥43 | 281(58.1) | 41(41.9) | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 182(61.7) | 113(38.3) | 0.466 | 0.495 |
| Female | 418(59.4) | 286(40.6) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married / cohabiting | 286(61.4) | 180(38.6) | 1.306 | 0.728 |
| Separated / divorced | 39(55.7) | 31(44.3) | ||
| Widowed | 145(60.7) | 94(39.3) | ||
| Single | 130(58.0) | 94(42.0) | ||
| Employment status | ||||
| Employed | 475(61.5) | 297(38.5) | 3.054 | 0.081 |
| Not employed | 125(55.1) | 102(44.9) | ||
| Type of settlement /resident | ||||
| Urban | 366(61.0) | 217(54.4) | 4.314 | 0.038 |
| Rural | 234(39.0) | 182(45.6) | ||
| Level of education | ||||
| No formal education | 45(48.4) | 48(51.6) | 5.825 | 0.016 |
| Formal education | 555(61.3) | 351(38.7) | ||
| Comorbidities | ||||
| No | 404(59.0) | 281(41.0) | 1.064 | 0.302 |
| Yes | 196(62.4) | 118(37.6) | ||
| Alcohol | ||||
| No | 515(63.5) | 296(35.9) | 21.282 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 85(45.2) | 103(54.8) | ||
| Disclosure | ||||
| No | 54(62.8) | 32(37.2) | 0.293 | 0.589 |
| Yes | 546(59.8) | 367(40.2) | ||
| Family support | ||||
| No | 201(65.3) | 107(34.7) | 5.019 | 0.025 |
| Yes | 399(57.7) | 292(42.3) | ||
| HAART combination | ||||
| First line | 544(64.6) | 298(35.4) | 46.199 | <0.001 |
| Second line | 56(35.7) | 101(64.3) | ||
| Number of pills per day | ||||
| ≤2 | 596(60.1) | 396(39.9) | FET 0.000 | 1.000 |
| >2 | 4(57.1) | 3(42.9) | ||
| HAART dosing | ||||
| Once daily | 269(52.2) | 246(47.8) | 27.148 | <0.001 |
| Twice daily | 331(68.4) | 153(31.6) | ||
| Food and water restriction | ||||
| No | 600(60.3) | 395(39.7) | FET 0.000 | 0.025 |
| Yes | 0(0.0) | 4(100) | ||
| Encountered side effects | ||||
| No | 512(61.5) | 320(38.5) | 4.535 | 0.033 |
| Yes | 88(52.7) | 79(47.3) | ||
| CD4 count | ||||
| <500 | 332(56.1) | 260(43.9) | 9.591 | 0.002 |
| ≥500 | 268(65.8) | 139(34.2) | ||
HAART: highly active antiretroviral therapy; FET: Fisher’s exact test