Table 3 Assessment of HIV status disclosure among adolescents living with HIV with a low and high level of preparedness for transition to adult care
HIV status disclosure | Total (n = 223) | Level of preparedness for transitiona | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Low (≤7) (n = 104) | High (>7) (n = 119) | p value†| ||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Can you tell us, what is your disease? | 0.17 | |||
 HIV/AIDS | 209 (93.7) | 95 (91.3) | 114 (95.8) | |
 Don’t know | 14 (6.3) | 9 (8.7) | 5 (4.2) | |
Do you know how you have been infected? | 0.78 | |||
 Don’t know | 31 (14.8) | 13 (13.7) | 18 (15.8) | |
 Mother to child | 165 (78.9) | 77 (81.1) | 88 (77.2) | |
 Other | 13 (6.2) | 5 (5.3) | 8 (7.0) | |
Do you know how is this disease transmitted? | ||||
 Don’t know | 7 (3.3) | 7 (7.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0.004 |
 Mother to child | 142 (67.9) | 65 (68.4) | 77 (67.5) | 0.89 |
 Unprotected sex | 156 (74.6) | 66 (69.5) | 90 (78.9) | 0.12 |
 Sharing needles | 114 (54.5) | 50 (52.6) | 64 (56.1) | 0.61 |
 Blood transfusion | 125 (59.8) | 64 (57.4) | 61 (53.5) | 0.05 |
Do you know what kind of medicine you have received? | 0.002 | |||
 Pre-ART | 3 (1.3) | 1 (1.0) | 2 (1.7) | |
 ART | 183 (82.1) | 76 (73.1) | 107 (89.9) | |
 Don’t know | 37 (16.6) | 27 (26.0) | 10 (8.4) | |
Have you ever disclosed your HIV status to anyone? | 0.04 | |||
 No | 113 (50.7) | 60 (67.7) | 53 (44.5) | |
 Yes | 110 (49.3) | 44 (42.3) | 66 (55.5) | |
To whom have you ever disclosed your HIV status to? | 0.06 | |||
 Siblings | 50 (24.2) | 14 (14.9) | 36 (31.9) | |
 School teachers | 5 (2.4) | 2 (2.1) | 3 (2.7) | |
 Friends | 27 (13.0) | 12 (12.8) | 15 (13.3) | |
 Other | 12 (5.8) | 6 (6.4) | 6 (5.3) | |