TABLE 2.
The demographic and clinical profiles of study participants associated with suicidal ideations at Bivariate analysis (N = 271).
| Characteristics | Presence of suicidal ideations (N = 46) n (%) |
Absence of suicidal ideations (N = 225) n (%) |
χ2 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child demographic characteristics | ||||
| Age category (years) | ||||
| <13 | 22 (47.83) | 138 (61.33) | 2.881 | 0.090 |
| ≥13 | 24 (52.17) | 87 (38.67.2) | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 28 (60.87) | 123 (54.67) | 0.596 | 0.440 |
| Male | 18 (39.13) | 102 (45.33) | ||
| Religion | ||||
| Christians | 37 (80.43) | 181 (80.44) | 0.007 | 0.935 |
| Non-Christians | 9 (19.57) | 44 (19.56) | ||
| Education | ||||
| Primary | 32 (69.57) | 191 (84.89) | 6.153 | 0.013 |
| Secondary | 14 (30.43) | 34 (15.11) | ||
| Child status | ||||
| Not orphan | 17 (36.96) | 79 (35.11) | 0.057 | 0.812 |
| Orphan | 29 (63.04) | 146 (64.89) | ||
| Child clinical characteristics | ||||
| HIV disease stage | ||||
| Early (I and II) | 20 (43.48) | 142 (63.11) | 6.123 | 0.013 |
| Late (III and IV) | 26 (56.52) | 83 (36.89) | ||
| CD4 counts mean (SD) | 708.1 (468.7) | 833.2 (504.1) | 125.1* | 0.122 |
| Negative life events | ||||
| Child knowledge of his/her HIV status | ||||
| Yes | 35 (76.09) | 126 (56.25) | 6.238 | 0.013 |
| No | 11 (23.91) | 98 (43.75) | ||
| Exposure to family/friend’s death | ||||
| Yes | 30 (65.22) | 65 (28.89) | 22.139 | <0.0001 |
| No | 16 (34.78) | 160 (71.11) | ||
| Child sexual abuse or rape | ||||
| Yes | 13 (28.26) | 12 (5.33) | 23.975 | <0.0001 |
| No | 33 (71.74) | 213 (94.67) | ||
| Child physical abuse | ||||
| Yes | 9 (19.57) | 52 (23.11) | 0.275 | 0.600 |
| No | 37 (80.43) | 173 (76.89) | ||
| Change of residence | ||||
| Yes | 6 (13.04) | 27 (12.00) | 0.039 | 0.844 |
| No | 40 (86.96) | 198 (88.00) | ||
| School related problems | ||||
| Yes | 21 (45.65) | 70 (31.11) | 3.621 | 0.057 |
| No | 25 (54.35) | 155 (68.89) | ||
| Parental separation/divorce | ||||
| Yes | 3 (3.69) | 7 (3.11) | 1.250 | 0.264 |
| No | 43 (93.48) | 218 (96.89) | ||
| Birth of a sibling | ||||
| Yes | 0 (0.00) | 4 (1.78) | 1.498 | 0.221 |
| No | 46 (100.00) | 221 (98.22) | ||
| Exposure to violence | ||||
| Yes | 6 (13.04) | 21 (9.33) | 0.586 | 0.444 |
| No | 40 (86.96) | 204 (90.67) | ||
| Any other | ||||
| Yes | 13 (28.26) | 29 (12.89) | 0.830 | 0.362 |
| No | 33971.74) | 196 (87.11) | ||
| Opportunistic infections | ||||
| HIV wasting syndrome | ||||
| Yes | 9 (19.57) | 72 (32.0) | 2.818 | 0.093 |
| No | 37 (80.43). | 153 (68.00) | ||
*The result is a t-test.