Table 2.
Social concerns and association with HIV status disclosure (N = 423)
| Disclosure of HIV status to: | % | Partnera OR (95% CI) |
Relativeb OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concern that attending PMTCT visits or taking | |||
| ART would lead to: | |||
| Involuntary HIV status disclosurec | |||
| Yes | 21.5 | 0.75 (0.39–1.44) | 1.02 (0.60–1.71) |
| Uncertain | 3.8 | 0.62 (0.14–2.70) | 1.69 (0.53–5.41) |
| No | 74.7 | 1.00 (ref.) | 1.00 (ref.) |
| Being a burden or source of concern for others | |||
| Yes | 16.1 | 0.87 (0.38–1.98) | 1.17 (0.63–2.16) |
| No | 83.9 | 1.00 (ref.) | 1.00 (ref.) |
| Losing respect of family or community | |||
| Yes | 11.3 | 0.95 (0.34–2.63) | 0.62 (0.29–1.30) |
| No | 88.7 | 1.00 (ref.) | 1.00 (ref.) |
| Isolation or lack of support from family or friends | |||
| Yes | 9.5 | 0.33 (0.12–0.85) | 0.37 (0.16–0.85) |
| No | 90.5 | 1.00 (ref.) | 1.00 (ref.) |
| Teasing or insulting | |||
| Yes | 8.0 | 2.09 (0.62–7.06) | 0.93 (0.42–2.09) |
| No | 92.0 | 1.00 (ref.) | 1.00 (ref.) |
| Separationd from partner | |||
| Yes | 5.4 | 0.17 (0.05–0.57) | 0.44 (0.15–1.31) |
| No | 94.6 | 1.00 (ref.) | 1.00 (ref.) |
| Conflict with partner | |||
| Yes | 5.0 | 0.18 (0.05–0.67) | 1.73 (0.58–5.15) |
| No | 95.0 | 1.00 (ref.) | 1.00 (ref.) |
| Losing customers or a job | |||
| Yes | 4.7 | 0.42 (0.11–1.66) | 1.00 (0.36–2.76) |
| No | 95.3 | 1.00 (ref.) | 1.00 (ref.) |
PMTCT Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, ART Antiretroviral therapy, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval
a Partner i.e. spouse or steady sexual partner
b Relative i.e. mother, father, brother, sister, child or other relative
c This question was asked more broadly to include general HIV care
d Separation i.e. separation, divorce or abandonment
Multivariable logistic regression model adjusted for age, education, marital-and cohabitation status, employment status, economic responsibility to other people, living with relatives, and time since HIV diagnosis