Table 2.
Health seeking behaviors for HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy according to gender
| Men | Women | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Age at HIV diagnosis (n=255) * | Median: 30 (Min: 0, Max: 63) | |||||
| <25 years | 14 | (11.6) | 39 | (29.1) | 53 | (20.8) |
| 25–34 years | 59 | (48.8) | 56 | (41.8) | 115 | (45.1) |
| 35–44 years | 31 | (25.6) | 25 | (18.7) | 56 | (22.0) |
| ≥45 years | 17 | (14.0) | 14 | (10.4) | 31 | (12.1) |
| Main reason for HIV testing ** | ||||||
| Realized own risk behavior (voluntary) | 12 | (9.2) | 4 | (2.6) | 16 | (5.7) |
| Severe sickness | 90 | (68.7) | 73 | (48.0) | 163 | (57.6) |
| After partner or child infected/died | 19 | (14.5) | 40 | (26.3) | 59 | (20.8) |
| Diagnosed STD infection | 4 | (3.1) | 13 | (8.6) | 17 | (6.0) |
| Premarital/antenatal test after pregnancy | 1 | (0.8) | 20 | (13.2) | 21 | (7.4) |
| Social reasons | 5 | (3.8) | 2 | (1.3) | 7 | (2.5) |
| Duration between risk behavior and HIV-test | ||||||
| <1 year | 18 | (13.7) | 11 | (7.2) | 29 | (10.2) |
| ≥1 year | 53 | (40.5) | 31 | (20.4) | 84 | (11.0) |
| Don’t know | 60 | (45.8) | 110 | (72.4) | 170 | (60.1) |
| Duration between diagnosis and seeking ART * | ||||||
| ≤1 month | 106 | (80.9) | 136 | (89.5) | 242 | (85.5) |
| >1 month | 25 | (19.1) | 16 | (10.5) | 41 | (14.5) |
| Main reason for delayed access (>1 month) to ART (n=41) | ||||||
| Healthy/no sickness (asymptomatic) | 10 | (38.5) | 2 | (13.3) | 12 | (29.3) |
| Self depression (stress, shame and guilt) | 6 | (23.0) | 7 | (46.7) | 13 | (31.7) |
| No knowledge of service facility | 10 | (38.5) | 6 | (40.0) | 16 | (39.0) |
| CD4 at initiation of ART (cells/mm3) * Mean, SD: 149.6, ±166.5 (Range: 2–601) | ||||||
| <200 | 64 | (48.9) | 54 | (35.5) | 118 | (41.7) |
| 200-350 | 16 | (12.2) | 35 | (23.0) | 51 | (28.0) |
| >350 | 19 | (14.5) | 22 | (14.5) | 41 | (14.5) |
| No CD4 testing | 32 | (24.4) | 41 | (27.0) | 73 | (25.8) |
| Duration of ART (months) | ||||||
| 1–30 | 75 | (57.3) | 80 | (52.6) | 155 | (54.8) |
| 31–60 | 26 | (19.8) | 29 | (19.1) | 55 | (19.4) |
| >60 | 19 | (14.5) | 18 | (11.8) | 37 | (13.1) |
| Don’t remember | 11 | (8.4) | 25 | (16.4) | 36 | (12.7) |
* p <0.05, ** p <0.001 by a Pearson’s chi-square test
STD: sexually transmitted disease