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. 2022 May 20;9(3):313–320. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2022.05.001

Table 3.

Factors associated with acceptance of illness (n = 301).

Variables Category Univariate ordinal logistic regression
Multivariate ordinal logistic regression
OR (95%CI) Wald P OR (95%CI) Wald P
Age 18–27 1.28 (0.40–4.13) 0.17 0.678
28–37 0.84 (0.26–2.71) 0.08 0.771
38–47 1.90 (0.45–7.97) 0.77 0.381
48 and above ref
Marital status Married/partnered 0.84 (0.50–1.40) 0.47 0.495
Divorced/separated 1.22(0.50–2.97) 0.19 0.665
Single ref
Education Below middle school 7.44 (1.16–47.80) 4.47 0.035 6.04 (0.83–43.77) 3.17 0.075
Middle school 2.27 (0.97–5.33) 3.55 0.060 2.97 (1.23–7.19) 5.83 0.016
High school 0.80 (0.38–1.72) 0.32 0.571 0.91 (0.41–2.06) 0.05 0.827
Technical secondary school 2.13 (1.22–3.72) 7.00 0.008 2.18 (1.21–3.90) 6.83 0.009
Bachelor’s degree and higher ref ref
Employment status Unemployed 0.78 (0.34–1.82) 0.33 0.567
Employed ref
Monthly personal income (CNY) Unstable 1.29 (0.45–3.69) 0.23 0.633
>4,000 0.95 (0.43–2.09) 0.02 0.899
3,001–4,000 1.31 (0.53–3.23) 0.33 0.564
2,001–3,000 1.26 (0.39–4.12) 0.15 0.702
1,001–2,000 1.60 (0.38–6.81) 0.41 0.525
≤1,000 ref
ART status On ART 1.07 (0.46–2.52) 0.03 0.873
Off ART ref
HCAS-threat appraisals 1.10 (1.07–1.14) 41.72 <0.001 1.09 (1.06–1.13) 31.76 <0.001
HCAS-challenge appraisals 0.97 (0.91–1.02) 1.57 0.210
HCAS-controllability appraisals 0.72 (0.63–0.82) 24.22 <0.001 0.82 (0.71–0.94) 8.04 0.005
Number of months since diagnosis of HIV infection 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.21 0.650

Note: ART = antiretroviral therapy. HCAS = HIV Cognitive Appraisal Scale.