Table 1.
Socio-demographic, clinical, and risky behavior related characteristics of study participants, Southwest Ethiopia Regional State, 2022 (N = 786)
| Study variables | Category | Recency test results | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recent | Long term | ||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Age in years | 15–24 | 40 | 15.9% | 211 | 84.1% | 251 | 31.9% |
| 25–34 | 43 | 13.0% | 288 | 87.0% | 331 | 42.1% | |
| >=35 | 6 | 2.9% | 198 | 97.1% | 204 | 26.0% | |
| Sex | Female | 49 | 9.6% | 462 | 90.4% | 511 | 65.0% |
| Male | 40 | 14.5% | 235 | 85.5% | 275 | 35.0% | |
| Current residence | Shelter | 0 | 0.0% | 181 | 100.0% | 181 | 23.0% |
| Prison | 23 | 14.4% | 137 | 85.6% | 160 | 20.4% | |
| Homeless | 2 | 8.3% | 22 | 91.7% | 24 | 3.1% | |
| House/apartment | 64 | 15.2% | 357 | 84.8% | 421 | 53.6% | |
| Marital status | Not married/cohabiting | 30 | 14.6% | 176 | 85.4% | 206 | 26.2% |
| Divorced/widowed | 19 | 9.9% | 173 | 90.1% | 192 | 24.4% | |
| Married | 40 | 10.3% | 348 | 89.7% | 388 | 49.4% | |
| Current occupation | Daily Laborers | 24 | 10.9% | 196 | 89.1% | 220 | 28.0% |
| Farmers | 8 | 9.4% | 77 | 90.6% | 85 | 10.8% | |
| Commercial sex workers | 13 | 13.0% | 87 | 87.0% | 100 | 12.7% | |
| Governmental/non-governmental organization | 12 | 19.7% | 49 | 80.3% | 61 | 7.8% | |
| Self/private business employed | 5 | 7.5% | 62 | 92.5% | 67 | 8.5% | |
| Unemployed/jobless | 9 | 15.3% | 50 | 84.7% | 59 | 7.5% | |
| Housewife | 18 | 9.3% | 176 | 90.7% | 194 | 24.7% | |
| Educational status | Primary | 67 | 12.9% | 454 | 87.1% | 521 | 66.3% |
| Secondary and above | 5 | 3.9% | 123 | 96.1% | 128 | 16.3% | |
| No formal education | 17 | 12.4% | 120 | 87.6% | 137 | 17.4% | |
| Contact with index case | Yes | 60 | 9.8% | 552 | 90.2% | 612 | 77.9% |
| No | 29 | 16.7% | 145 | 83.3% | 174 | 22.1% | |
| In the last 12 months, have you had sex? | Yes | 46 | 12.8% | 312 | 87.2% | 358 | 45.5% |
| No | 43 | 10.0% | 385 | 90.0% | 428 | 54.5% | |
| In the last 12 months, commercial sex practice? | Yes | 22 | 15.3% | 122 | 84.7% | 144 | 18.3% |
| No | 67 | 10.4% | 575 | 89.6% | 642 | 81.7% | |
| In the last 12 months, have you injected any illicit drugs to feel good or get high? | Yes | 3 | 23.1% | 10 | 76.9% | 13 | 1.7% |
| No | 86 | 11.1% | 687 | 88.9% | 773 | 98.3% | |
| In the last 12 months, did you receive any blood transfusion/injection/invasive medical procedure? | Yes | 2 | 18.2% | 9 | 81.8% | 11 | 1.4% |
| No | 87 | 11.2% | 688 | 88.8% | 775 | 98.6% | |
| Zone of current residency | Bench sheko | 68 | 13.2% | 449 | 86.8% | 517 | 65.8% |
| Dawuro | 2 | 10.5% | 17 | 89.5% | 19 | 2.4% | |
| Kaffa | 5 | 4.8% | 99 | 95.2% | 104 | 13.2% | |
| Sheka | 11 | 7.9% | 128 | 92.1% | 139 | 17.7% | |
| West omo | 3 | 42.9% | 4 | 57.1% | 7 | 0.9% | |
| Recent HIV diagnosis year | 2019/20 | 23 | 15.9% | 122 | 84.1% | 145 | 34.1% |
| 2021 | 34 | 9.0% | 342 | 91.0% | 376 | 33.2% | |
| 2022 | 32 | 12.1% | 233 | 87.9% | 265 | 32.7% | |
| WHO HIV clinical stage (N = 558) | Stage I/II | 25 | 16.9% | 123 | 83.1% | 148 | 26.5% |
| Stage III/IV | 47 | 15.9% | 249 | 84.1% | 296 | 53.0% | |
| Not recorded | 17 | 14.9% | 97 | 85.1% | 114 | 20.4% | |
| CD4 count (N = 317) | < 200 | 35 | 38.9% | 55 | 61.1% | 90 | 28.4% |
| 200–349 | 23 | 33.8% | 45 | 66.2% | 68 | 21.5% | |
| 350–500 | 17 | 28.8% | 42 | 71.2% | 59 | 18.6% | |
| > 500 | 14 | 14.0% | 86 | 86.0% | 100 | 31.5% | |