Table 5.
Factors affecting adherence to highly active antiretroviral treatment (n=168)
| Number of study participants | χ2, P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean adherence | Total (n=168), n (%) | |||
| ≥95 (n=145), n (%) | <95 (n=23), n (%) | |||
| Gender | ||||
| Boy | 99 | 16 | 115 | 0.01, 0.56 |
| Girl | 46 | 7 | 53 | |
| Socioeconomic status (n=166)* | ||||
| Upper + upper middle | 21 | 0 | 21 | 3.87, 0.03 |
| Lower middle + upper lower + lower | 122 | 23 | 145 | |
| Caretaker education | ||||
| Middle school and lower | 97 | 20 | 117 | 3.78, 0.04 |
| High school and above | 48 | 3 | 51 | |
| Duration of ART (months) | ||||
| ≤24 | 24 | 8 | 32 | 4.27, 0.04 |
| >24 | 121 | 15 | 136 | |
| Problems faced by the parents/caretakers in seeking services from the ART center | ||||
| No problem | 28 | 4 | 32 | 0.05, 0.54 |
| Problem faced | 117 | 19 | 136 | |
| Problems faced by the parents/caretakers in giving medicines to the child at home | ||||
| No problem | 89 | 20 | 109 | 5.69, 0.01 |
| Problem faced | 56 | 3 | 59 | |
*=2 children are living in NGO so their Socioeconomic Status is not calculated, ART=Antiretroviral treatment