Table 2.
Factors associated with Non-adherence to ART in bivariate and multivariate analysis
| Variable | Non adherence N = 168 (9.6 %) |
Adherence N = 1588 (90.4 %) |
Totals N = 1756 | Crude OR (95 % CI) | P value | Adjusted OR (95 % CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Female | 93 (8.5) | 1003 (91.5) | 1096 | ||||
| Male | 75 (11.4) | 585 (88.6) | 660 | 1.38 [1.00 1.90] | 0.048 | 1.33 [0.84 2.13] | 0.224 | |
| Facility location | Urban | 132 (8.4) | 1441 (91.6) | 1573 | ||||
| Rural | 36 (19.7) | 147 (80.3) | 183 | 2.67 [1.78 4.01] | 0.000 | 2.64 [1.28 5.43] | 0.008 | |
| Age at initiation | <15 years | 122 (9.1) | 1224 (90.9) | 1346 | ||||
| ≥15 years | 46 (11.2) | 364 (88.8) | 410 | 1.27 [0.88 1.81] | 0.195 | |||
| Age at last encounter | <15 years | 89 (10.4) | 765 (89.6) | 854 | ||||
| ≥15 years | 79 (8.8) | 823 (91.2) | 902 | 0.82 [0.60 1.13] | 0.237 | |||
| Ownership of Health Facility | Government | 88 (7.9) | 1022 (92.1) | 1110 | ||||
| Private | 80 (12.4) | 566 (87.6) | 646 | 1.64 [1.19 2.25] | 0.002 | 0.55 [0.06 4.77] | 0.585 | |
| Level of HF | Hospital | 52 (5.6) | 874 (94.4) | 926 | ||||
| Health Center | 37 (18.6) | 162 (81.4) | 199 | 3.83 [2.43 6.04] | 0.000 | 2.02 [0.97 4.22] | 0.061 | |
| Duration on ART | >1 year | 85 (8.2) | 949 (91.8) | 1034 | ||||
| ≤1 year | 83 (11.5) | 639 (88.5) | 725 | 1.45 [1.05 1.99] | 0.022 | 1.56 [0.81 3.02] | 0.183 | |
| >3 years | 42 (7.0) | 559 (93.0) | 601 | |||||
| ≤3 years | 126 (10.9) | 1029 (89.1) | 1155 | 1.63 [1.13 2.34] | 0.009 | 0.63 [0.31 1.27] | 0.195 | |
| Regimen at initiation | EFV based | 82 (10.3) | 718 (89.7) | 800 | ||||
| NVP based | 82 (9.1) | 821 (90.9) | 903 | 0.87 [0.63 1.20] | 0.415 | |||
| LPV/r based | 4 (11.1) | 32 (88.9) | 36 | 1.09 [0.37 3.17] | 0.868 |
HF health facility, EFV Efavirenz, LPV/r Lopinavir/ritotanir, NVP Nevirapine
The value in bold is the only one which is statistically significant and was intentionally put in bold in order for it to stand out