Table 2.
Depression and clinical characteristics of adult HIV/AIDS patients on ART in Aksum town, Aksum, Ethiopia, 2015.
| Variable | Categories | Number (n) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression status | Depressed | 60 | 14.6 |
| Not depressed | 351 | 85.4 | |
| ART Adherence status | Adherent | 274 | 66.7 |
| Nonadherent | 137 | 33.3 | |
| Duration of ART in months | 6-12 | 45 | 10.9 |
| 13-24 | 52 | 12.7 | |
| >=25 | 314 | 76.4 | |
| Treatment level | First line treatment | 400 | 97.3 |
| Second line treatment | 11 | 2.7 | |
| ART Doses given per day | Once a day | 164 | 39.9 |
| Twice a day | 234 | 56.9 | |
| Three times a day | 13 | 3.8 | |
| Treatment other than ART | Yes | 81 | 19.7 |
| No | 330 | 80.3 | |
| Any side effect of ART medication | Yes | 29 | 7.1 |
| No | 382 | 92.9 | |
| Opportunistic infection | Yes | 33 | 8.0 |
| No | 378 | 92.0 | |
| Functional status | Working | 401 | 97.6 |
| Ambulatory | 10 | 2.4 | |
| WHO stage of HIV/AIDS | Stage I | 84 | 20.4 |
| Stage II and above | 327 | 79.6 | |
| CD4 count | <=200 | 42 | 10.2 |
| 201-500 | 161 | 39.2 | |
| >=501 | 208 | 50.6 | |
| Hemoglobin level | Normal | 345 | 83.9 |
| Low | 66 | 16.1 | |
| BMI | Underweight | 79 | 19.2 |
| Normal | 321 | 78.1 | |
| Overweight | 11 | 2.7 | |
| Living condition | Lives alone | 116 | 28.2 |
| Lives with parents | 39 | 9.5 | |
| Lives with family | 256 | 62.3 |