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 | 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 |
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