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. 2011 Jun 1;8(4):337–345. doi: 10.4314/ajtcam.v8i4.1

Table 5.

Association between TCAM use, socio-demographic variables, CD4 cell count and antiretroviral adherence (>95%) at time 3 (12 months follow-up) and time 4 (20 months follow-up)

Adherence at time 3 Adherence at time 4
VAS
Cr OR
VAS
AORa
VAS
Cr OR
VAS
AORb
Men
Women
1.00
0.94 (0.51–1.70)
--- 1.00
0.67 (0.33–1.36)
---
Age 1.02 (0.99–1.05) --- 0.99 (0.96–1.02) ---
Married/cohabitating
Never married
1.00
0.98 (0.53–1.80)
--- 1.00
1.08 (0.54–2.13 )
---
Education
Grade 7 or less
Grade 8–11
Grade 12 or more
1.00
1.13 (0.62–2.07)
0.96 (0.45–2.06)
--- 1.00
1.51 (0.74–3.10)
1.15 (0.46–2.84)
---
---
Religion
African or none
Main stream Christian
Charismatic
1.00
0.38 (0.18–0.79)**
0.49 (0.25–0.95)*
1.00
2.32 (1.01–5.33)*
1.99 (0.96–4.85)
1.00
2.24 (1.00–5.04)*
1.34 (0.63–2.87)
1.00
2.32 (0.96–5.63)
1.58 (0.69–3.60)
Residence
Rural
Urban
1.00
4.90 (2.18–11.02)***
1.00
3.71 (1.56–8.83)**
1.00
1.50 (1.75–3.02)
---
Employment status
Housewife/houseman
Unemployed
Employed
1.00
0.12 (0.03–0.52)**
0.20 (0.04–0.92)*
1.00
5.88 (1.35–25.69)*
6.52 (1.23–34.40)*
1.00
11.26 (1.27–14.07)*
1.51 (0.35–6.48)
1.97 (0.56–6.98)
1.95 (0.38–9.93)
Income
Formal salary
Family contributions
Social grants
No income
1.00
0.89 (0.35–2.29)
0.45 (0.23–0.89)*
0.23 (0.09–0.58)**
1.00
1.21 (0.39–3.74)
1.58 (0.65–3.89)
2.48 (0.74–8.26)
1.00
3.38 (1.16–9.80)*
3.52 (1.37–9.03)**
8.57 (2.77–26.56)***
2.86 (0.83–9.92)
3.07 (0.98–9.54)
4.78 (1.17–19.54)*
Herbal treatment 0.08 (0.04–0.15)*** 0.18 (0.07–0.50)*** 0.04 (0.00–0.50)* 0.11 (0.01–1.55)
Faith healing 5.37 (1.65–17.48)** 2.88 (0.84–9.81) 12.78 (1.74–93.86)* 6.78 (0.98–51.89)
CD4
100 ref
101–350
>350
1.00
1.86 (1.02–3.41)*
5.97 (1.70–20.93)**
1.00
1.48 (0.73–2.98)
3.31 (0.88–12.43)
1.00
2.29 (0.66–7.90)
6.72 (1.94–23.31)**
1.00
2.19 (0.55–8.82)
4.74 (1.18–18.95)*

Significant at *P <.05, **P<.01, ***P<.001

a

Hosmer and Lemeshow Chi-square 10.97, p.20; Cox & Snell R2 .13; Nagelkerke R2 .27

b

Hosmer and Lemeshow Chi-square 5.39, p.72; Cox & Snell R2 .08; Nagelkerke R2 .19