Table 5: Multivariate analysis (N = 200)
Variable |
LTFU (n=100) n(%) |
No LTFU (n=100) n(%) |
OR |
CI |
p-value |
< Secondary education |
19 (19) |
9 (9) |
8.301 |
0.573-120.290 |
0.121 |
Marital status single |
69 (69) |
54 (54) |
1.819 |
0.398-8.313 |
0.44 |
Alcohol consumption |
79 (79) |
70 (70) |
0.436 |
0.075-2.553 |
0.358 |
Tobacco consumption |
11 (11) |
4 (4) |
0.388 |
0.025-5.942 |
0.497 |
Median monthly income (USD) |
85.5 (0-239.3) |
111.1 (0-341.8) |
1 |
1.000-1.000 |
0.227 |
Status not known by a family member |
78 (78) |
48 (48) |
4.027 |
0.585-27.748 |
0.157 |
Mean amount spent per consultation (USD) |
8.54 ± 25.1 |
5.98 ± 0.59 |
1.006 |
0.117-8.629 |
0.995 |
Distance to health facility (Km) |
7.5 (5.0-12.0) |
5.0 (4.0-7.0) |
1.218 |
1.029-1.442 |
0.022 |
Patient not accessible |
13 (13) |
1 (1) |
1.081 |
0.055-21.379 |
0.959 |
Diagnosed by VCT |
27 (27) |
8 (8) |
10.849 |
0.990-118.869 |
0.051 |
WHO stage > II |
42 (42) |
29 (29) |
0.598 |
0.140-2.556 |
0.488 |
Mean BMI (kg/m2) |
24.3 ± 4.2 |
25.8 ± 4.1 |
0.969 |
0.822-1.143 |
0.711 |
First viral load (copies/ml) |
316 (60-3,124) |
166 (60-700) |
1 |
1.000-1.000 |
0.173 |
Drug side effects |
52 (52) |
26 (26) |
2.124 |
0.440-10.248 |
0.348 |
Occurrence of opportunistic infections |
20 (20) |
5 (5) |
14.744 |
1.099-197.773 |
0.042 |
Patient on other treatment |
21 (21) |
8 (8) |
30.096 |
1.548-585.208 |
0.025 |
Median duration of psychological follow-up (months) |
19.5 (9.5-31.5) |
33.0 (22.0-51.0) |
0.956 |
0.917-0.997 |
0.036 |
Mean number of Therapeutic education sessions |
3 ± 1 |
5 ± 2 |
0.095 |
0.031-0.287 |
0 |
Patient not in a support group |
14 (14) |
46 (46) |
6.768 |
0.994-31.880 |
0.051 |