Table 2.
Description of mobile phone possession among patients living with HIV in the three participating countries (N=1131).
| Description | Mobile phone possession (n=1107) | Internet access on mobile phone (n=282) | Mobile phone sharing with someone else (n=140) | ||||
| n (%) | P value | n (%) | P value | n (%) | P value | ||
| Country | N/Aa | 0.013 | N/A | <.001 | N/A | 0.002 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 635 (98.8) | N/A | 195 (30.7) | N/A | 99 (15.4) | N/A | |
| Burkina Faso | 238 (95.6) | N/A | 17 (7.1) | N/A | 20 (8.0) | N/A | |
| Togo | 234 (97.9) | N/A | 70 (29.9) | N/A | 21 (8.8) | N/A | |
| Age (years) | N/A | 0.31 | N/A | <.001 | N/A | 0.59 | |
| 18-34 | 136 (96.5) | N/A | 61 (44.9) | N/A | 20 (14.2) | N/A | |
| 35-49 | 660 (98.4) | N/A | 175 (26.5) | N/A | 85 (12.7) | N/A | |
| ≥50 | 311 (97.5) | N/A | 46 (14.8) | N/A | 35 (11.0) | N/A | |
| Sex | N/A | 0.03 | N/A | <.001 | N/A | 0.03 | |
| Male | 269 (99.6) | N/A | 106 (39.4) | N/A | 23 (16.4) | N/A | |
| Female | 838 (97.3) | N/A | 176 (21.0) | N/A | 117 (83.6) | N/A | |
| Marital status | N/A | 0.26 | N/A | 0.38 | N/A | 0.24 | |
| Single | 563 (97.4) | N/A | 137 (24.3) | N/A | 65 (11.3) | N/A | |
| In a relationship | 544 (98.4) | N/A | 145 (26.7) | N/A | 75 (13.6) | N/A | |
| Level of education | N/A | 0.002 | N/A | <.001 | N/A | 0.89 | |
| No education and primary school | 619 (96.7) | N/A | 74 (12.0) | N/A | 80 (12.5) | N/A | |
| Secondary school and university | 488 (99.4) | N/A | 208 (42.6) | N/A | 60 (12.2) | N/A | |
| Literacy | N/A | <.001 | N/A | <.001 | N/A | 0.51 | |
| Can read or write | 733 (99.3) | N/A | 256 (34.9) | N/A | 95 (12.9) | N/A | |
| Cannot read or write | 374 (95.2) | N/A | 26 (7.0) | N/A | 45 (11.5) | N/A | |
| Monthly income (in FCFAb,c) | N/A | 0.18 | N/A | <.001 | N/A | . 01 | |
| <60,000 | 815 (97.4) | N/A | 147 (18.0) | N/A | 91 (10.9) | N/A | |
| 60,000-200,000 | 218 (99.1) | N/A | 92 (42.2) | N/A | 33 (15.0) | N/A | |
| >200,000 | 74 (100.0) | N/A | 43 (58.1) | N/A | 16 (21.6) | N/A | |
| Duration of antiretroviral therapy (years) | N/A | 0.25 | N/A | 0.04 | N/A | 0.34 | |
| <5 | 335 (96.8) | N/A | 97 (29.0) | N/A | 48 (13.9) | N/A | |
| 5-10 | 435 (98.2) | N/A | 93 (21.4) | N/A | 47 (10.6) | N/A | |
| >10 | 337 (98.5) | N/A | 92 (27.3) | N/A | 45 (13.2) | N/A | |
aN/A: not applicable.
bUS $1=576.90 FCFA; 60,000 FCFA is the minimum wage in most West African countries.
cFCFA: Franc Communauté Financière Africaine.