Table 1 Correlates of no prior HIV testing and awareness of HIV-positive status among newly identified people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the Link4Health study
From: Low rates of prior HIV testing among HIV-positive adults accessing outpatient services in Eswatini
Total, N (%) | Correlates of no prior HIV testing among newly identified PLHIV participating in Link4Health | Correlates of awareness of HIV-positive status among newly identified PLHIV participating in Link4Health | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never had an HIV test, n (%) | Ever had an HIV test, n (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) for never tested vs ever tested | Adjusted OR (95% CI) for never tested vs ever tested | Aware of HIV-positive status, n (%) | Not aware of HIV-positive statusa (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) for aware versus not aware | Adjusted OR (95% CI) for aware versus not aware | ||
Total | 2196 (100) | 1181 (53.8) | 1015 (46.2) | – | – | 248 (11.3) | 1948 (88.7) | – | – |
Sex | |||||||||
Female | 1290 (58.7) | 629 (53.3) | 661 (65.1) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 166 (66.9) | 1124 (57.7) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Male | 906 (41.3) | 552 (46.7) | 354 (34.9) | 1.7 (1.4,2.0) | 1.7 (1.4, 2.0) | 82 (33.1) | 824 (42.3) | 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) | 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) |
Age | |||||||||
18–25 years | 524 (23.9) | 244 (20.7) | 280 (27.6) | 0.6 (0.5, 0.8) | 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) | 51 (20.6) | 473 (24.3) | 0.7 (0.4, 1.1) | 0.6 (0.4, 0.95) |
26–30 years | 540 (24.6) | 261 (22.1) | 279 (27.5) | 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) | 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) | 71 (28.6) | 469 (24.1) | 1.0 (0.6, 1.5) | 0.9 (0.6, 1.4) |
31–39 years | 596 (27.1) | 334 (28.3) | 262 (25.8) | 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) | 1.0 (0.7, 1.3) | 72 (29.0) | 524 (26.9) | 0.9 (0.6, 1.4) | 0.9 (0.6, 1.3) |
40–49 years | 324 (14.8) | 187 (15.8) | 137 (13.5) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 41 (16.5) | 283 (14.5) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
50+ years | 212 (9.7) | 155 (13.1) | 57 (5.6) | 2.0 (1.4, 2.9) | 1.9 (1.3, 2.9) | 13 (5.2) | 199 (10.2) | 0.4 (0.2, 0.8) | 0.5 (0.3, 0.9) |
Was away from home during the last 12 months | |||||||||
Stayed at home | 1840 (84) | 1015 (86.3) | 825 (81.4) | 1.4 (1.1, 1.8) | 1.3 (1.0, 1.7) | 198 (79.8) | 1642 (84.6) | 0.8 (0.5, 1.1) | – |
Away 1 or more times | 349 (16) | 161 (13.7) | 188 (18.6) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 50 (20.2) | 299 (15.4) | 1.0 | – |
Family support needed | |||||||||
More | 1275 (60.2) | 755 (65.5) | 520 (53.9) | 1.6 (1.4, 2.0) | 1.5 (1.2, 1.8) | 115 (48.7) | 1160 (61.6) | 0.6 (0.4, 0.8) | 0.6 (0.5, 0.8) |
Same or less | 843 (39.8) | 398 (34.5) | 445 (46.1) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 121 (14.4) | 722 (38.4) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Travel time from home to this clinic (one way) | |||||||||
< 45 min | 1411 (64.3) | 747 (63.3) | 664 (65.4) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 179 (72.2) | 1232 (63.2) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
≥ 45 min | 785 (35.8) | 434 (36.8) | 351 (34.6) | 1.3 (1.1, 1.6) | 1.2 (1.0, 1.5) | 69 (27.8) | 716 (36.8) | 0.6 (0.4, 0.8) | 0.5 (0.4, 0.8) |
Someone else in the household has HIV | |||||||||
Yes | 775 (37.7) | 426 (38.2) | 349 (37.1) | 1.2 (0.9, 1.6) | – | 91 (39.9) | 684 (37.4) | 1.0 | – |
No | 1281 (62.3) | 689 (61.8) | 592 (62.9) | 1.0 | – | 137 (60.1) | 1144 (62.6) | 0.9 (0.6, 1.2) | – |
HIV knowledge (Cronbach alpha = 0.59) | |||||||||
Low | 872 (39.7) | 493 (41.7) | 379 (37.3) | 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) | – | 97 (39.1) | 775 (39.8) | 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) | – |
High | 1324 (60.3) | 688 (58.3) | 636 (62.7) | 1.0 | – | 151 (60.9) | 1173 (60.2) | 1.0 | – |