Table 1.
Predictors of linkage to care within 90 days of routine HIV testing among HIV-diagnosed clients.
| Variable | All HIV- diagnosed (N=276) % (n/N) |
Not linked to care (N=128) % (n/N) |
Linked to care (N=148) % (n/N) |
P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female gender | 63% (175/276) | 67% (86/128) | 60% (89/148) | 0.23 |
| Age (years) | 0.07 | |||
| <30 | 49% (134/276) | 50% (64/128) | 47% (70/148) | |
| 30 to <40 | 30% (82/276) | 35% (44/128) | 26% (38/148) | |
| 40 to <50 | 15% (42/276) | 9% (12/128) | 20% (30/148) | |
| ≥ 50 | 6% (18/276) | 6% (8/128) | 7% (10/148) | |
| Refugee | 35% (95/275) | 35% (45/128) | 34% (50/147) | 0.84 |
| Country of origin | 0.75 | |||
| Uganda (national) | 66% (177/268) | 65% (83/127) | 67% (94/141) | |
| Rwanda | 17% (46/268) | 17% (21/127) | 18% (25/141) | |
| DRC | 9% (23/268) | 8% (10/127) | 9% (13/141) | |
| Burundi | 4% (12/268) | 6% (8/127) | 3% (4/141) | |
| Other† | 4% (10/268) | 4% (5/127) | 3% (5/141) | |
| Live in Nakivale | 62% (168/269) | 62% (79/127) | 63% (89/142) | 0.94 |
| Years living in Nakivale | 0.74 | |||
| <5 | 32% (74/234) | 30% (34/113) | 33% (40/121) | |
| ≥5 | 25% (59/234) | 27% (31/113) | 23% (28/121) | |
| Do not live in Nakivale | 43% (101/234) | 43% (48/113) | 44% (53/121) | |
| Relationship status | 0.67 | |||
| Currently married | 61% (164/269) | 59% (75/127) | 63% (89/142) | |
| Single (never married) | 14% (36/269) | 17% (21/127) | 11% (15/142) | |
| Divorced/Separated | 18% (49/269) | 18% (23/127) | 18% (26/142) | |
| Widowed | 6% (17/269) | 5% (7/127) | 7% (10/142) | |
| Not married, living with partner | 1% (3/269) | 1% (1/127) | 1% (2/142) | |
| Education | 0.78 | |||
| No school | 19% (53/269) | 20% (26/127) | 19% (27/142) | |
| Some primary school | 47% (126/269) | 45% (57/127) | 48% (69/142) | |
| Completed primary school | 17% (45/269) | 16% (20/127) | 18% (25/142) | |
| Higher than primary school‡ | 17% (45/269) | 19% (24/127) | 15% (21/142) | |
| Knowledge questionnaire all correct§ | 39% (106/269) | 40% (51/127) | 39% (55/142) | 0.81 |
| Previous test for HIV | 66% (178/268) | 70% (88/126) | 63% (90/142) | 0.26 |
| More than 1 hour to clinic | 54% (144/269) | 54% (69/127) | 53% (75/142) | 0.80 |
Abbreviations: DRC: Democratic Republic of the Congo
P-value based on univariate logistic regression.
Other includes Tanzania (N=5), Ethiopia (N=3), Senegal (N=1), and Sudan (N=1).
Includes some/completed secondary school, vocational school, certificate program, bachelors, and post graduate.
Questionnaire included 4 questions [correct answer]: (1) Do you think that a healthy-looking person can be infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS? [Yes]; (2) Can a person get HIV by sharing a meal with someone who is infected? [No]; (3) Can a pregnant woman infected with HIV or AIDS transmit the virus to her unborn child? [Yes]; (4) Can a woman with HIV or AIDS transmit the virus to her newborn child through breastfeeding? [Yes].