AIDS Research and Treatment

Research Article

Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among People Living with HIV in Nepal

Table 7

Binary logistic regression analysis of respondents’ attitude towards antiretroviral medicines with various predictor variables.


Predictors	B (SE)	value	95% CI for OR [lower–upper]	Nagelkerke R2	Attitude
Predictors	B (SE)	value	95% CI for OR [lower–upper]	Nagelkerke R2	Positive (n)	Negative (n)

Age (years)
18–38	1.19 (0.55)	0.031	3.29 [1.11–9.71]	0.04	41	27
39–58	0.97 (0.54)	0.072	2.66 [0.91–7.72]		42	34
Gender
Male	0.11 (0.31)	0.729	1.11 [0.59–2.08]	0.001	54	43
Education level
Illiterate	0.41 (0.67)	0.540	1.51 [0.40–5.73]		24	19
Just read and write	0.18 (0.64)	0.779	1.20 [0.33–4.27]	0.021	37	37
Secondary level	0.79 (0.69)	0.254	2.21 [0.56–8.67]		24	13
Occupation
Service holders	0 (32226.15)	1.000	1.00 [0–]		2	0
Businessman	−21.29 (15191.68)	0.999	0 [0–]		11	12
Labor	−20.69 (15191.68)	0.999	0 [0–]	0.129	15	9
Agriculture	−21.30 (15191.68)	0.999	0 [0–]		47	52
Unemployed	−19.81 (15191.68)	0.999	0 [0–]		8	2
Smoking habit
Never smoked	0.48 (0.78)	0.537	1.62 [0.34–7.61]		61	49
1-2 cigarettes per day	0.28 (0.82)	0.728	1.33 [0.26–6.73]	0.031	20	19
3-4 cigarettes per day	2.07 (1.32)	0.116	8.00 [0.59–106.93]		6	1
Alcohol consumption
Never	21.44 (40189.82)	1.000	2.0610¹¹ [0–]		69	54
Once a month	20.94 (40189.82)	1.000	1.2410¹¹ [0–]		10	13
2-3 times a month	21.33 (40189.82)	1.000	1.8410¹¹ [0–]	0.051	8	7
2-3 times a week	42.40 (49223.56)	0.999	2.6010¹⁸ [0–]		2	0
3-4 times a week	42.40 (56839.21)	0.999	2.6010¹⁸ [0–]		1	0
Drug addiction history
Never	1.08 (0.70)	0.127	2.95 [0.73–11.84]	0.03	86	68
In past but not currently	22.05 (40192.96)	1.000	3.7610¹¹ [0–]		1	0
HIV diagnosed
Less than a year ago	21.00 (40192.96)	1.000	1.3110¹¹ [0–]	0.019	1	0
1–3 years ago	−0.89 (0.88)	0.309	0.40 [0.07–2.29]		2	4
Start of ART
Less than a year ago	0.93 (1.16)	0.425	2.53 [0.25–24.91]	0.006	3	1
1–3 years ago	−0.16 (0.83)	0.840	0.84 [0.16–4.31]		3	3
Disclosure of HIV status
No	21.10 (15191.51)	0.999	1.4510¹¹ [0–]	0.069	7	0
Educational intervention received
No	−0.90 (0.88)	0.303	0.40 [0.07–2.26]	0.009	2	4