Table 1.
Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of HIV patients enrolled in a designated time patient appointment system
| Variablea | All | Intervention | Control | p-value (Fisher's exact test) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freq (%) | Freq (%) | Freq (%) | ||
| Gender (n=354) | ||||
| Male | 136 (38.4) | 73 (41.2) | 63 (35.6) | 0.32 |
| Female | 218 (61.6) | 104 (58.8) | 114 (64.4) | |
| Level education (n=130) | ||||
| Primary | 83 (63.8) | 44 (64.7) | 39 (62.9) | 0.86 |
| Secondary | 47 (36.2) | 24 (35.3) | 23 (37.1) | |
| Ethnic group (n=308) | ||||
| Luo | 290 (94.2) | 144 (94.1) | 146 (94.2) | 1.00 |
| Other | 18 (5.8) | 9 (5.9) | 9 (5.8) | |
| Religion (n=309) | ||||
| Christian | 301 (97.4) | 147 (97.4) | 154 (97.5) | 1.00 |
| Muslim | 8 (2.6) | 4 (2.6) | 4 (2.5) | |
| Age (n=252) | ||||
| Below age 40 | 134 (53.2) | 62 (50.8) | 72 (55.4) | 0.53 |
| Age 40 and above | 118 (46.8) | 60 (49.2) | 58 (44.6) | |
| Marital status (n=293) | ||||
| Currently married | 205 (70) | 106 (73.6) | 99 (66.4) | 0.20 |
| Single (never married, separated, divorced, widowed) | 88 (30) | 38 (26.4) | 50 (33.6) | |
| Number of living children (n=214) | ||||
| One or none | 72 (33.6) | 37 (36.6) | 35 (31) | 0.39 |
| More than one child | 142 (66.4) | 64 (63.4) | 78 (69) | |
| Employment status (n=336) | ||||
| Employed | 53 (15.8) | 32 (18.6) | 21 (12.8) | 0.10 |
| Unemployed | 283 (84.5) | 140 (81.4) | 143 (87.2) | |
Freq = frequency;
a
Different number of participants (n) with data on variables because of missing data from HIV clinic database.