Research Article
Prevalence for the Disclosure of HIV Status to Sexual Partners and Its Determinants among Adults under cART in Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Baseline sociodemographic and clinical variables of 792 participants in the study area.
| | Variable | Average (Q1, Q3) | No (%) |
| | Weight (kg) | 58.1 (45–70) | — | | Baseline CD4 cells/mm3 | 148.7 (113–180) | — | | Age (years) | 64.3 (48–78) | — | | Follow-up times | 23 visits | — | | First month/initial CD4 cell count change/mm3 | 16.6 (12–26) | — | | Sex | Male | | 392 (49.4) | | Female | | 400 (50.6) | | Educational status | No education | | 163 (20.6) | | Primary | | 209 (26.4) | | Secondary | | 274 (34.6) | | Tertiary | | 146 (18.4) | | Residential area | Urban | | 468 (59.1) | | Rural | | 324 (40.9) | | Existence of social violence | Yes | | 345 (56.4) | | No | | 447 (43.6) | | Existence of mental depression | Yes | | 478 (60.4) | | No | | 314 (39.6) | | Availability of social support | Yes | | 350 (44.2) | | No | | 442 (55.8) | | Marital status | Living with partner | | 446 (56.3) | | Living without partner | | 346 (43.7) | | WHO HIV stage | Stage I | | 101 (12.8) | | Stage II | | 259 (32.7) | | Stage III | | 199 (25.1) | | Stage IV | | 233 (29.4) | | Disclosure of the disease | Yes | | 166 (21.0) | | No | | 226 (79.0) | | Adherence to cART | Adherent | | 202 (25.5) | | Non-adherent | | 590 (74.5) |
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