Table 2.
Multilevel predictors of CD4 count control among 429 patients with HIV receiving care in health facilities in the Bushbuckridge municipality, 2011–2014
| Variables | CD4 count control (>350 cells/mm3) |
| Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
| Individual-level factors | |
| Age group, years | |
| 18–29 | 1 |
| 30–39 | 0.83 (0.21–2.22) |
| 40–49 | 1.62 (0.49–3.99) |
| 50–59 | 6.12 (2.14–7.21)* |
| ≥60 | 7.59 (4.75–11.82)* |
| Gender | |
| Women | 1 |
| Men | 0.12 (0.10–0.46)* |
| Education (completed years) | |
| No formal education | 1 |
| 1–6 | 1.01 (0.31–2.09) |
| >6 | 1.02 (0.57–1.43) |
| Looking for a paid job | |
| No | 1 |
| Yes | 0.73 (0.48–1.18) |
| Reception of grant | |
| None | 1 |
| Disability | 1.36 (0.74–2.38) |
| HIV | 1.71 (0.66–2.21) |
| Old age | 1.94 (0.82–2.10) |
| Multimorbidity | |
| No | 1 |
| Yes | 2.53 (0.61–4.12) |
| Adherence to ART | |
| No | 1 |
| Yes | 1.03 (0.04–1.21) |
| Health facility-level factors | |
| Type of health facility | |
| Not implementing the ICDM model | 1 |
| Implementing the ICDM model | 5.84 (3.21–8.22)* |
| Referral of patients to the doctors/hospitals | |
| No | 1 |
| Yes | 1.16 (0.72–3.01) |
*Statistically significant variable.