Table 5.
Factors associated with VCT uptake – adjusted analysis1
| |
|
Males |
Females |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Category | aOR | 95% CI | p-value | aOR | 95% CI | p-value |
| HIV knowledge |
Good |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
| Fair |
0.8 |
(0.6, 1.0) |
0.061 |
0.8 |
(0.7, 0.9) |
0.004 |
|
| Poor |
0.5 |
(0.3, 0.9) |
0.014 |
0.6 |
(0.5, 0.9) |
0.007 |
|
| ART knowledge |
Good or fair |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
| Poor |
0.8 |
(0.6, 1.0) |
0.064 |
0.8 |
(0.6, 0.9) |
0.003 |
|
| HIV experience |
Yes |
1.3 |
(1.1, 1.5) |
0.007 |
1.6 |
(1.4, 1.9) |
<0.001 |
| No |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| VCT experience |
Good |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Poor |
2.0 |
(1.6, 2.5) |
<0.001 |
|
|
|
|
| None |
1.5 |
(0.9, 2.5) |
0.138 |
|
|
|
|
| Age (years) |
15-24 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
| 25-34 |
2.3 |
(1.9, 2.9) |
<0.001 |
1.3 |
(1.1, 1.6) |
0.007 |
|
| 35-44 |
1.9 |
(1.5, 2.5) |
<0.001 |
1.2 |
(0.9, 1.4) |
0.158 |
|
| 45-54 |
1.7 |
(1.3, 2.3) |
0.001 |
0.9 |
(0.7, 1.2) |
0.571 |
|
| 55+ |
1.1 |
(0.8, 1.5) |
0.763 |
0.3 |
(0.2, 0.4) |
<0.001 |
|
| Education |
None |
0.8 |
(0.6, 1.0) |
0.067 |
|
|
|
| Primary 1-4 |
0.8 |
(0.6, 1.1) |
0.202 |
|
|
|
|
| Primary 5-7 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Secondary |
1.5 |
(1.2, 1.8) |
0.002 |
|
|
|
|
| HIV status |
Negative |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
| Positive |
1.4 |
(1.0, 1.9) |
0.061 |
1.7 |
(1.3, 2.2) |
<0.001 |
|
| Area of residence |
Rural |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Peri-urban |
0.9 |
(0.7, 1.1) |
0.328 |
|
|
|
|
| Urban |
0.8 |
(0.6, 1.0) |
0.024 |
|
|
|
|
| VCT experience in HIV negatives |
Good experience |
|
|
|
2.0 |
(1.6, 2.6) |
<0.001 |
| Poor experience |
|
|
|
2.1 |
(1.4, 3.1) |
<0.001 |
|
| No experience |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| VCT experience in HIV positives |
Good experience |
|
|
|
0.5 |
(0.3, 1.1) |
0.090 |
| Poor experience |
|
|
|
0.7 |
(0.2, 2.2) |
0.521 |
|
| No experience | 1 | ||||||
1Adjusted for each of the other factors in the table.