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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Health Sci. 2010 Jun;12(2):212–220. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2010.00521.x

Table 1.

Characteristics of PLH by ART adherence (N = 386).

ART Adherence

Characteristics Yes
264 (68.6%)
No
121 (31.4%)
Total
n (%)

Gender
 Female 179 (67.8%) 80 (66.1%) 259 (67.3%)
 Male 85 (32.2%) 41 (33.9%) 126 (32.7%)
Age
 < = 30 years old 22 (8.3%) 15 (12.5%) 37 (9.7%)
 31–40 years old 158 (60.3%) 70 (58.3%) 228 (59.7%)
 41–50 years old 74 (28.2%) 27 (22.5%) 101 (26.4%)
 > 50 years old 8 (3.1%) 8 (6.7%) 16 (4.2%)
Education
 Less than elementary 45 (17.8%) 11 (10.0%) 56 (15.4%)
 Elementary/Junior 175 (69.2%) 79 (71.8%) 254 (70.0%)
 > = Some high school 33 (13.0%) 20 (18.2%) 53 (14.6%)
Employment
 Employed 219 (82.6%) 107 (88.4%) 326 (84.5%)
 Unemployed 46 (17.4%) 14 (11.6%) 60 (15.5%)
Marital Status
 Married/cohabit 151 (57.6%) 76 (62.8%) 227 (59.3%)
 Divorced/separated 39 (14.9%) 17 (14.1%) 56 (14.6%)
 Widowed 70 (26.7%) 26 (21.5%) 96 (25.1%)
 Never married 2 (0.8%) 2 (1.7%) 4 (1.0%)
Personal incomea
 < = 35000 baht 200 (75.8%) 67(55.4%) 267 (69.2%)
 35001–55000 baht 44 (16.6%) 34 (28.1%) 78 (20.2%)
 > = 55001 baht 21 (7.9%) 20 (16.5%) 41 (10.6%)
Years since diagnosis
 > 7 years 102 (38.5%) 43 (35.5%) 145 (37.6%)
 < = 7 years 163 (61.5%) 78 (64.5%) 241 (62.4%)
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