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Table 2 Association of Social related factors and accessibility to facilities

From: Social barriers in accessing care by clients who returned to HIV care after transient loss to follow-up

 

Accessibility to facility

Total

p

Difficult

Easy

Prior LTFU

 Yes

78 (82.98)

16 (17.02)

94 (31.97)

0.031 (LR)

 No

135 (69.23)

60 (30.77)

195 (66.33)

 

 Missing

3 (60.00)

2 (40.00)

5 (1.70)

 

Inaccessibility factors

 Bad/risky roads

17 (100.00)

0 (0)

17 (5.78)

< 0.001

 Cost of transportation

71 (100.00)

0 (0)

71 (24.15)

 

 Easy access

0 (0)

78 (100.00)

78 (26.53)

 

 Far

73 (100.00)

0 (0)

73 (24.83)

 

 Working hours

55 (100.00)

0 (0)

55 (18.71)

 

Reason for choosing facility

 Availability of female provider

4 (100.00)

0 (0)

4 (1.36)

< 0.001

 Availability of drugs

32 (71.11)

13 (28.89)

45 (15.31)

 

 Facility is only available option

25 (92.59)

2 (7.41)

27 (9.18)

 

 Low cost

28 (90.32)

3 (9.68)

31 (10.54)

 

 Recommended/referral

11 (100.00)

0 (0)

11 (3.74)

 

 Timeliness/promptness of service

9 (100.00)

0 (0)

9 (3.06)

 

 Proximity

51 (57.95)

37 (42.05)

88 (29.93)

 

 Trust in provider/quality of service

45 (68.18)

21 (31.82)

66 (22.45)

 

 Others

11 (84.62)

2 (15.38)

13 (4.42)

 

History of being stigmatized

 Yes

90 (82.57)

19 (17.43)

109 (37.07)

0.003

 No

121 (67.22)

59 (32.78)

180 (61.22)

 

 Missing

5 (100.00)

0 (0)

5 (1.70)

 

Stigmatised by whom

 Community/neighbour

28 (93.33)

2 (6.67)

30 (30.61)

0.127

 Family

23 (88.46)

3 (11.54)

26 (26.53)

 

 Friend

13 (68.42)

6 (31.58)

19 (19.39)

 

 HCW

7 (70.00)

3 (30.00)

10 (10.20)

 

 Spouse/partner

10 (76.92)

3 (23.08)

13 (13.27)

 
  1. LR likelihood ratio, p p-value
  2. Italicized is significant at < 0.05