Table 3.
Factors associated with acceptance of illness (n = 301).
| Variables | Category | Univariate ordinal logistic regression |
Multivariate ordinal logistic regression |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.