Table 3.
Psychosocial and health service related factors among study participants comparing adherent and non-adherent using a Chi-Square test in Tigray regional state, northern Ethiopia, 2012
|
Characteristics of study participants |
Status of adherence to ART |
P-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-adherent to ART Number (%) | Adherent to ART Number (%) | ||
| Current cigarette smoking (within 30 days) |
|
|
0.431 |
| Yes |
16(9.2) |
12(6.9) |
|
| No |
158(90.8) |
162(93.1) |
|
| Ever cigarette smoking after starting ART |
|
|
0.855 |
| Yes |
16(9.2) |
17(9.8) |
|
| No |
158(90.8) |
157(90.2) |
|
| Ever khat chewing after starting ART |
|
|
0.149 |
| Yes |
21(12.1) |
13(7.5) |
|
| No |
153(87.9) |
161(92.5) |
|
| Disclosure of ART use |
|
|
0.659 |
| Yes |
148(85.1) |
145(83.3) |
|
| No |
26(14.9) |
29(16.7) |
|
| Family support for ART use |
|
|
0.411 |
| Yes |
117(75.5) |
116(79.5) |
|
| No |
38(24.5) |
30(20.5) |
|
| Satisfaction by ART benefit |
|
|
0.251 |
| Yes |
113(64.9) |
123(70.7) |
|
| No |
61(35.1) |
51(29.3) |
|
| PHQ-9 score for depression (points) |
|
|
0.000 |
| 0 – 4 |
53(30.5) |
115(66.1) |
|
| 5 – 9 |
72(41.4) |
50(28.7) |
|
| 10 – 14 |
28(16.1) |
8(4.6) |
|
| 15 – 27 |
21(12) |
1(0.6) |
|
| Functional status in last 3 months |
|
|
0.006 |
| Working actively |
152(87.3) |
168(96.6) |
|
| Ambulatory | 22(12.7) | 6(3.4) | |