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Table 1 Participant characteristics and correlates of IAC linkage

From: Linkage to intensive adherence counselling among HIV-positive persons on ART with detectable viral load in Gomba district, rural Uganda

Characteristic

N (%)

Linked to IAC N (%)

Bivariate analysis

Multivariable analysis

OR (95% CI)

p-value

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

Age group

 1–15 years

115 (28.0)

90 (78.3)

Referent

   

 16–30 years

78 (28.0)

62 (79.5)

0.84 (0.53, 2.18)

0.84

  

 31–45 years

133 (32.4)

108 (81.2)

0.57 (0.65, 2.23)

0.57

  

 46 + years

85 (20.7)

71 (83.5)

0.35 (0.68, 2.91)

0.35

  

Duration of ART

 6–11.9 months

42 (10.2)

32 (76.2)

Referent

 

Referent

 

 1–5 years

287 (69.8)

226 (78.7)

1.16 (0.54, 2.49)

0.71

1.12 (0.64, 1.94)

0.70

  > 5 years

82 (20.0)

73 (89.0)

2.54 (0.94, 6.83)

0.07

1.64 (0.68, 3.94)

0.28

Health facility level

 Health IV

154 (37.5)

134 (87)

2.04 (1.18, 3.54)

 

1.78 (1.00, 3.16)

 

 Health III

257 (62.5)

197 (76.7)

Referent

0.01

Referent

0.01

Gender

 Male

197 (47.9)

169(79.0)

Referent

   

 Female

214 (52.1)

162 (82.2)

1.23 (0.75, 2.02)

0.41

  

Marital status

 Married

41 (10.0)

33 (80.5)

Referent

   

 Divorced/Separated

163 (39.7)

57 (81.4)

1.05 (0.44, 2.48)

0.92

  

 Single

70 (17.0)

130 (79.8)

1.11 (0.55, 2.27)

0.77

  

 Widowed/Widower

22 (5.4)

21 (95.5)

5.33 (0.69, 41.88)

0.11

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