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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2007 Jan;21 Suppl 1:S89–S94. doi: 10.1097/01.aids.0000255091.29050.13

Table 2.

Factors associated with disclosure to steady partner/spouse and disclosure to at least one confidant in the social network (immediate and extended family, friends, priests, folk healer): univariate and multivariate analyses. ANRS-EN13-VESPA Study

Steady partner/spouse
Social network
Univariate Multivariate Univariate Multivariate
na (%b) disclosed p-value OR (95% CI) na (%b) disclosed p-value OR (95% CI)
173 (84.6) 398 (55.6)
Territory
 St Martin 13 (87.1) 2.20 (0.12–39.60) 30 (66.7) 2.69 (1.02–7.05)*
 Guadeloupe 49 (85.1) 1 138 (56.6) 1
 Martinique 46 (91.6) 1.46 (0.38–5.56) 91 (63.2) 0.96 (0.53–1.75)
 French Guiana 65 (78.8) 0.35 2.09 (0.45–9.62) 139 (47.1) 0.08 0.83 (0.45–1.51)
Gender
 Male 88 (86.7) 1 209 (52.3) 1
 Female 85 (82.5) 0.43 0.59 (0.22–1.60) 189 (59.1) 0.18 2.04 (1.24–3.36)**
Age at diagnosis
 <30 61 (88.9) 1 108 (65.8) 1
 30–39 59 (85.1) 0.49 (0.16–1.52) 133 (57.2) 0.77 (0.43–1 .38)
 40–49 33 (82.8) 0.75 (0.22–2.63) 92 (54.3) 1.11 (0.57–2.14)
 >=50 20 (73.1) 0.39 0.23 (0.04–1.27) 65 (36.4) 0.003 0.42 (0.19–0.90)*
Nationality
 French 102 (92.4) 1 227 (62.3) 1
 Haitian 44 (71.5) 0.11 (0.02–0.72)* 114 (38.1) 0.39 (0.19–0.77)**
 Other 27 (70.2) 0.001 0.13 (0.02–0.68)* 57 (61.6) 0.15 0.92 (0.44–1.93)
Education
 None or primary school 52 (77.5) 0.59 (0.12–3.04) 157 (40.3) 0.49 (0.24–1.01)
 Secondary school 82 (84.2) 0.28 (0.08–1.01) 161 (62.9) 0.90 (0.49–1.66)
 High school or more 39 (93.0) 0.21 1 80 (68.3) <0.001 1
Date of HIV diagnosis
 <= 1996 76 (95.1) 1 180 (59.6) 1
 >1996 97 (76.4) 0.002 0.21 (0.05–0.86)* 218 (52.3) 0.15 1.03 (0.63–1.69)
Mode of HIV acquisition
 Male-to-male 20 (90.1) 52 (63.9) 1.49 (0 .73–3.03)
 Heterosexual 144 (82.9) 324 (52.5) 1
 Other 9 (100) 0.39 22 (80.1) 0.03 3.38 (1.12–10.23)*
CDC Stage C
 No 130 (83.7) 1 286 (53.6) 1
 Yes 43 (88.1) 0.12 1.00 (0.35–2.89) 112 (61.3) 0.16 1.45 (0.86–2.45)
Hospitalisation since diagnosis
 No 40 (91.5) 2.03 (0.54–7.69) 105 (65.9) 1
 Yes 133 (82.9) 0.45 1 293 (52.5) 0.02 1.98 (1.17–3.37)*
a

Observed number

b

weighted %

**

p<0.01

*

p<0.05

p≤0.10