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. 2019 Jan 17;16:6. doi: 10.1186/s12954-019-0277-7

Table 5.

Associated factors

Blame/Judge Shame Discrimination Disclosure Fear of HIV infection
OR 95 CI OR 95 CI OR 95 CI OR 95 CI OR 95 CI
Gender (Male–ref)
Female 1.36* (0.95–1.93)
Education (Illiterate)
Secondary school 0.37*** (0.21–0.68)
High school 0.35** (0.14–0.86) 0.22*** (0.07–0.70)
Marital status (Single–ref)
Live with spouse/partner 0.72* (0.51–1.01) 1.91** (1.10–3.33)
Religion (Cult of ancestors–ref)
Buddhism 2.60*** (1.32–5.12)
Catholic 1.77* (0.97–3.23) 0.35** (0.15–0.80)
Employment (Unemployed–ref)
White collars 0.17*** (0.05–0.58)
Workers, Farmers 1.34* (0.95–1.88) 1.39* (0.95–2.03)
Other 2.33*** (1.30–4.18) 0.51* (0.24–1.06)
Self-reported health problems
Having problem with mobility (Yes vs No) 1.88*** (1.20–2.93) 0.49** (0.27–0.91)
Pain or discomfort (Yes vs No) 1.73*** (1.17–2.56)
Anxiety or depression (Yes vs No) 1.77*** (1.29–2.41) 1.74*** (1.18–2.58) 0.23*** (0.11–0.48) 1.42** (1.03–1.97)
HIV period (No symptom–ref)
Have symptom 1.47* (0.99–2.18)
AIDS 1.70** (1.02–2.85)
Unknown 0.72* (0.51–1.00) 0.49*** (0.33–0.74) 2.21** (1.06–4.58) 0.54*** (0.38–0.77)
Peer-to-peer meeting (No–ref)
Yes 0.73** (0.54–0.98)
Disclosure (No–ref)
Yes 3.82*** (1.84–7.95) 3.21*** (1.59–6.50)
Age 0.96*** (0.94–0.99) 0.98* (0.96–1.00)
VAS 0.97*** (0.96–0.98) 0.99*** (0.98–0.99) 0.98*** (0.97–0.99) 0.98*** (0.97–0.99)

***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1