Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among People Living with HIV in Nepal
Table 10
Binary logistic regression analysis of patients’ adherence to antiretroviral medicines with various predictor variables.
| Predictors | B (SE) | value | 95% CI for OR [lower–upper] | Nagelkerke R2 |
| Age (years) | 18–38 | −17.70 (9220.89) | 0.998 | 0 | 0.03 | 39–58 | −17.56 (9220.89) | 0.998 | 0 | | Gender | Male | −0.76 (1.16) | 0.514 | 0.46 [0.04–4.59] | 0.014 | Education level | Illiterate | 0 (13580.53) | 1.000 | 1.000 [0–] | | Just read and write | −17.61 (12118.65) | 0.999 | 0 [0–] | 0.109 | Secondary level | −18.34 (12118.65) | 0.999 | 0 [0–] | | Occupation | Service holders | −21.20 (15191.58) | 0.999 | 0 [0–] | | Businessman | 0 (17349.99) | 1.000 | 1.00 [0–] | | Labor | −18.06 (15191.58) | 0.999 | 0 [0–] | | Agriculture | 0 (15719.48) | 1.000 | 1.00 [0–] | | Unemployed | −19.81 (15191.58) | 0.999 | 0 [0–] | | Smoking habit | Never smoked | 2.20 (1.29) | 0.088 | 9.08 [0.71–114.85] | | 1-2 cigarettes per day | 1.87 (1.48) | 0.206 | 6.50 [0.35–118.37] | 0.075 | 3-4 cigarettes per day | 19.41 (15191.51) | 0.999 | 2.691010 [0–] | | Alcohol consumption | Never | −17.51 (40192.97) | 1.000 | 0 [0–] | | Once a month | 0 (41057.44) | 1.000 | 1.00 [0–] | | 2-3 times a month | 0 (41511.12) | 1.000 | 1.00 [0–] | 0.273 | 2-3 times a week | 0 (49226.13) | 1.000 | 1.00 [0–] | | 3-4 times a week | −42.40 (56841.44) | 0.999 | 0 [0–] | | Drug addiction history | Never | −17.57 (12710.13) | 0.999 | 0 [0–] | 0.017 | In past but not currently | 0 (42154.74) | 1.000 | 1.00 [0–] | | HIV diagnosed | Less than a year ago | 17.25 (40192.96) | 1.000 | 3.12109 [0–] | 0.074 | 1–3 years ago | −2.33 (1.24) | 0.060 | 0.09 [0.009–1.10] | | Start of ART | Less than a year ago | 17.27 (20096.48) | 0.999 | 3.18109 [0–] | 0.078 | 1–3 years ago | −2.31 (1.24) | 0.062 | 0.09 [0.009–1.12] | | Disclosure of HIV status | No | 17.55 (15191.51) | 0.999 | 4.19109 [0–] | 0.01 | Educational intervention received | No | 17.54 (16408.71) | 0.999 | 4.16109 [0–] | 0.009 |
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