Table 2.
Proportion of utilization of HIV services among people living with HIV during COVID-19 restrictions periods by predisposing, need and environmental factors (N = 2157)
| Categories | Total | Number utilizing HIV services (N) and percent (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ART refill (%) | Viral load monitoring (%) | TB preventative therapy (%) | TB screening (%) | ||
| Predisposing factors | |||||
| Age | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
| 15–19 | 326 | 307 (94) | 297 (91) | 290 (89) | 266 (82) |
| 20–24 | 465 | 420 (90) | 418 (90) | 419 (90) | 387 (83) |
| 25–39 | 513 | 464 (90) | 435 (84) | 408 (80) | 360 (70) |
| 40–54 | 604 | 579 (96) | 556 (92) | 510 (84) | 418 (69) |
| 55 + | 249 | 240 (96) | 233 (94) | 216 (87) | 181 (72) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 806 | 744 (92) | 721 (89) | 691 (86) | 620 (77) |
| Female | 1351 | 1266 (94) | 1281 (90) | 1152 (85) | 992 (73) |
| Marriage | |||||
| Not married | 1246 | 1152 (92) | 1117 (90) | 1059 (85) | 931 (75) |
| Married | 911 | 858 (94) | 822 (90) | 784 (86) | 681 (75) |
| Religion | * | ** | * | ** | |
| Roman Catholic | 225 | 206 (92) | 192 (85) | 187 (83) | 173 (77) |
| Apostolic sect | 475 | 451 (95) | 432 (91) | 404 (85) | 340 (72) |
| Pentecostal/Protestant | 754 | 690 (92) | 662 (88) | 629 (83) | 539 (71) |
| Other religions | 703 | 663 (94) | 653 (93) | 623 (89) | 560 (80) |
| Education | * | ** | ** | ||
| Primary | 492 | 470 (96) | 458(93) | 426 (87) | 349 (71) |
| Secondary | 1426 | 1318 (92) | 1265 (89) | 1203 (84) | 1065 (75) |
| Tertiary | 129 | 116 (90) | 112 (87) | 114 (88) | 102 (79) |
| Do not know/Did not attend school/No answer | 110 | 106 (96) | 104 (95) | 100 (91) | 96 (87) |
| Vaccinated for COVID-19 | ** | *** | * | ** | |
| Yes | 1851 | 1737 (94) | 1683 (91) | 1594 (86) | 1405 (76) |
| No | 306 | 273 (89) | 256 (90) | 249 (81) | 207 (68) |
| Need factors | |||||
| Pregnancy in the past 24 months | |||||
| Yes | 196 | 186 (94) | 177 (90) | 169 (86) | 151 (77) |
| No | 1155 | 1080 (93) | 1041 (90) | 983 (85) | 841 (73) |
| Opportunistic infection in the past 24 months | ** | *** | |||
| Yes | 247 | 235 (95) | 234 (95) | 220 (89) | 125 (87) |
| No | 1910 | 1775 (93) | 1705 (89) | 1623 (85) | 13.97 (75) |
| COVID-19 infection in the past 24 months | |||||
| Yes | 315 | 289 (92) | 283 (90) | 273 (87) | 249 (79) |
| No | 1842 | 1721 (93) | 1656 (90) | 1570 (85) | 1363 (74) |
| Contact of a COVID-19 case in the past 24 months | |||||
| Yes | 417 | 389 (93) | 377 (90) | 356 (85) | 327 (78) |
| No | 1740 | 1621 (93) | 1562(90) | 1487(85) | 1285 (73) |
| Environmental Factors | |||||
| Residence | *** | *** | ** | Ns | |
| Rural | 1374 | 1309 (95) | 1259 (92) | 1199 (87) | 1032 (75) |
| Urban | 783 | 701 (90) | 680 (87) | 644 (82) | 580 (74) |
| Type of Health facility where HIV services are accessed | *** | * | *** | ||
| Central/Provincial health facility | 94 | 82 (87) | 83 (88) | 82 (87) | 53 (56) |
| District health facility | 556 | 546 (98) | 518 (93) | 490 (88) | 433 (78) |
| Primary health care facility | 1507 | 1382 (92) | 1338(89) | 1271(84) | 1126 (75) |
***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05