Table 5.
Associations of HIV belief/knowledge factors with stigma, disclosure, and ARV treatment outcome variables.
| Expresses Shame-Related HIV Stigma | Willing to Disclose | Would Start ARVs | ||||
|
Unadj. OR (Adj. OR) |
P-value |
Unadj. OR (Adj. OR) |
P-value |
Unadj. OR (Adj. OR) |
P-value | |
| Believes prayer can cure HIV | 1.02 (0.88) |
0.899 (0.504) |
1.36 (0.99) |
0.074 (0.961) |
1.06 (2.07) |
0.814 (0.171) |
| Believes HIV is a punishment from God | 1.56 (1.46) |
<0.001*** (0.008**) |
1.17 (1.22) |
0.269 (0.306) |
0.89 (0.73) |
0.570 (0.337) |
| Believes people with HIV have not followed the Word of God | 1.75 (1.92) |
<0.001*** (<0.001***) |
1.15 (1.15) |
0.382 (0.519) |
0.85 (1.05) |
0.437 (0.876) |
| ARV knowledge | 0.90 (1.01) |
0.519 (0.949) |
0.96 (1.11) |
1.00 (0.677) |
1.98 (2.98) |
0.003** (0.002**) |
| Has had HIV test | 1.00 (1.00) |
1.00 (0.989) |
1.41 (1.66) |
0.019* (0.020*) |
0.97 (1.04) |
0.887 (0.913) |
| Fears casual-contact HIV transmission | 1.29 (1.11) |
0.011* (0.464) |
0.87 (0.90) |
0.320 (0.600) |
1.28 (1.52) |
0.229 (0.173) |
| Never uses condoms | 1.00 (0.83) |
1.00 (0.233) |
1.35 (1.38) |
0.060 (0.116) |
0.56 (0.70) |
0.027* (0.329) |
The first OR shown is unadjusted. The second OR shown (in parentheses) is adjusted for the HIV belief/knowledge factors listed in the first column as well as for the demographic factors shown in Table 4. Significance levels of p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001 denoted by *, **, and ***, respectively. The 95% confidence intervals are reported in Additional file 1.