Table 4.
Factors associated with non-adherence to ART (N=351)
| Variable | Adherence level
|
OR (95% CI) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adherent | Non-adherent | |||
| Age | ||||
| 18–30 | 82 (86%) | 13 (14%) | 0.63 (0.35, 0.91) | 0.017 |
| 31–45 | 101 (75%) | 33 (25%) | 1.51 (1.20, 1.82) | |
| 46–64 | 101 (82.8%) | 21 (17.2%) | 1 | |
| Employment | ||||
| Employed | 200 (78.4%) | 55 (21.6%) | 0.41 (0.20, 0.88) | 0.02 |
| Unemployed | 84 (87.5%) | 12 (12.5%) | 1 | |
| HIV disclosure (family) | ||||
| Disclosed | 265 (81%) | 62 (19%) | 0.48 (0.23, 0.98) | 0.04 |
| Undisclosed | 19 (79.2%) | 5 (20.8%) | 1 | |
| Comfortability to take ART in the presence of others | ||||
| Comfortable | 234 (83.3%) | 47 (16.7%) | 3.97 (1.17, 13.50) | 0.02 |
| Uncomfortable | 23 (82.1%) | 5 (17.9%) | 1 | |
| Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable | 27 (64.3%) | 15 (35.7%) | 0.56 (0.23, 0.89) | |
Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.