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. 2011 Jul 5;6(7):e21794. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021794

Table 2. Participant medical history and health seeking behavior by stage of HIV at diagnosis.

MEDICAL HISTORY AND HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR Total n (%)N = 612 CD4>250n (%) N = 321 CD4≤250n (%) N = 291 p-value
Ever received treatment in a medical clinic <0.01
Yes 126 (20.6) 45 (35.7) 81 (64.3)
No 408 (66.7) 228 (55.9) 180 (44.1)
Don't know/Declined 78 (12.8) 48 (51.5) 30 (38.5)
Ever received treatment in a drug store/pharmacy <0.01
Yes 125 (20.4) 38 (30.4) 87 (69.6)
No 406 (66.3) 233 (57.4) 173 (42.6)
Don't know/Declined 81 (13.2) 50 (61.7) 31 (38.3)
Ever treated by a home health care worker <0.01
Yes 12 (2.0) 1 (8.3) 11 (91.7)
No 522 (85.3) 272 (52.1) 250 (47.9)
Declined 78 (12.8) 48 (61.5) 30 (38.5)
Ever treated by a traditional healer/herbalist <0.01
Yes 48 (7.8) 11 (22.9) 37 (77.1)
No 486 (79.4) 262 (53.9) 224 (46.1)
Declined 78 (12.8) 48 (61.5) 30 (38.5)
Ever received care from: pharmacy, home health care worker, or traditional healer <0.01
Yes 135 (22.1) 41 (30.4) 94 (69.6)
No 399 (65.2) 232 (58.2) 167 (41.9)
Declined 78 (12.8) 48 (61.5) 30 (38.5)
Ever admitted to the hospital <0.01
Yes 70 (11.4) 20 (28.6) 50 (71.4)
No 459 (75.0) 251 (54.7) 208 (45.3)
Don't know/Declined 83 (13.6) 50 (60.2) 33 (39.8)
Hospital admissions, past 12 months <0.01
0 admissions 497 (81.2) 266 (53.5) 231 (46.5)
> = 1 admissions 30 (4.9) 5 (16.7) 25 (83.3)
Don't know 7 (1.1) 2 (28.6) 5 (71.4)
Declined 78 (12.8) 48 (61.5) 30 (38.5)
Tuberculosis diagnosis in past 5 years? 0.21
Yes 27 (4.4) 10 (37.0) 17 (63.0)
No 582 (95.1) 310 (53.3) 272 (46.7)
Don't know/declined 3 (0.5) 1 (33.3) 2 (66.7)
Ever diagnosed with genital herpes 0.09
Yes 205 (33.5) 96 (46.8) 109 (53.2)
No 406 (66.3) 224 (55.2) 182 (44.8)
Recruitment site <0.01
Outpatient 366 (59.8) 225 (61.5) 141 (38.5)
Medical Wards 149 (24.4) 51 (34.2) 98 (65.8)
3BEM/CAS 97 (15.9) 45 (46.4) 52 (53.6)
Main reasons for wanting to test <0.01
AIDS symptoms/concerns about current illness 283 (46.2) 117 (41.3) 166 (58.7)
Past sexual behaviors (participant's or partner's) 32 (5.2) 24 (75.0) 8 (25.0)
Just wanted to know/plan for the future 284 (46.4) 174 (61.3) 110 (38.7)
Other reasons/declined 13 (2.1) 6 (46.2) 7 (53.9)