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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics associated with viral load suppression among PLHIV with mental disorders at Butabika hospital ART Clinic and Mulago ISS Clinic

From: HIV viral load suppression among people with mental disorders at two urban HIV clinics in Uganda: a parallel convergent mixed methods study using the social ecological model

Characteristic

VLS

Crude PR (95%Cl)

p-value

Adjusted PR (95%Cl)

p-value

Yes

n (%)

No

n (%)

Mean age in years

  

1.00 (0.99–1.00)

0.189

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

< 0.001

Gender

Female

147 (91.3)

14 (8.7)

1

 

1

 

Male

66 (83.5)

13 (16.5)

0.92 (0.83–1.00)

0.072

0.90 (0.82–0.98)

0.047

Religion

Christian

164 (89.1)

20 (10.9)

1

1

  

Muslim

41 (85.4)

7 (14.6)

0.96 (0.94–0.98)

< 0.001

-

-

Missing

8 (100)

0 (0)

1.12 (1.11–1.13)

< 0.001

-

-

Marital status

Married

67 (89.3)

8 (10.7)

1

1

1

 

Single

68 (91.9)

6 (8.1)

1.02 (0.99–1.06)

0.061

1.06 (0.91–1.23)

0.453

Divorced

42 (85.7)

7 (14.3)

0.99 (0.89–1.03)

0.229

0.88 (0.82–0.94)

< 0.001

Widow

2 (18.2)

9 (81.8)

0.81 (0.86–0.98)

0.008

0.84 (0.83–0.86)

< 0.001

Missing

27 (87.1)

4 (12.9)

0.97 (0.96–0.99)

< 0.001

0.99 (0.93–1.05)

0.728

Have a treatment supporter

Yes

190 (88.4)

25 (11.6)

1

 

-

-

No

23 (92.0)

2 (8.0)

1.04 (0.86–1.26)

0.677

-

-

WHO stage

Early stage (I&II)

120 (90.9)

12 (9.1)

1

 

1

 

Advanced stage (III&IV)

93 (86.1)

15 (13.9)

0.95 (0.93–0.97)

< 0.001

0.94 (0.86–1.03)

0.188

Baseline ART regimen

TDF/3TC/EFV

155 (90.6)

16 (9.4)

1

 

1

 

AZT/3TC/NVP

14 (87.5)

2 (12.5)

0.97 (0.79–1.17)

0.724

0.93 (0.75–1.15)

0.498

TDF/3TC/NVP

12 (85.7)

2 (14.3)

0.95 (0.76–1.18)

0.618

0.86 (0.59–1.25)

0.435

TDF/3TC/DTG

22 (84.6)

4 (15.4)

0.93 (0.87–1.00)

0.050

0.92 (0.91–0.94)

< 0.001

Other

10 (76.9)

3 (23.1)

0.85 (0.72–1.00)

0.054

0.82 (0.71–0.95)

0.009

Adherence level

      

Good > = 95%

188 (93.1)

14 (6.9)

1

 

1

 

Fair 85–94%

17 (65.4)

9 (34.6)

0.70 (0.49–0.99)

0.049

0.69 (0.55–0.87)

0.002

Poor < 85%

8 (66.7)

4 (33.3)

0.72 (0.59–0.86)

< 0.001

0.77 (0.49–1.21)

0.255

Mental Disorder

Non-psychotic

110 (86.6)

17 (13.4)

1

 

1

 

Psychotic

72 (90.0)

8 (10.0)

1.04 (0.93–1.16)

0.502

1.11 (1.08–1.13)

< 0.001

Missing

31 (93.4)

2 (6.1)

1.08 (1.05–1.12)

< 0.001

1.06 (1.06–1.07)

< 0.001

Baseline CD4

≥ 200

148 (91.9)

13 (8.1)

1

 

1

 

< 200

65 (82.3)

14 (17.7)

0.89 (0.82–0.97)

0.009

0.89 (0.85–0.94)

< 0.001

History of TB

No

187 (88.2)

25 (11.8)

1

   

Yes

26 (92.8)

2 (7.1)

1.05 (0.94–1.17)

0.372

-

-

ART duration in years

  

1.03 (0.98–1.08)

0.307

-

-

Mental health treatment duration in years

  

1.02 (0.99–1.04)

0.196

-

-

  1. PR – Prevalence Ratio; Cl – Confidence Interval