Patients’ worries before starting antiretroviral therapy and their association with treatment adherence and outcomes: a prospective study in rural Uganda, 2004 - 2009

Table 2 Distribution of patients’ worries at the first assessment for ART eligibility; by eligibility status and gender

Patient’s reported worries	Total		ART eligibility status					Gender
Patient’s reported worries			Eligible		Not eligible		p-value	Males		Females		p-value
	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)		n	(%)	n	(%)
Total	421		217		204			150		271
Any worry	277	(66)	141	(65)	136	(67)	0.715	95	(63)	182	(67)	0.428
HIV serostatus disclosure	69	(16)	38	(18)	31	(15)	0.521	23	(15)	46	(17)	0.663
Food and nutrition	50	(12)	25	(12)	25	(12)	0.816	14	(9)	36	(13)	0.230
Use of other medications	33	(8)	20	(9)	13	(6)	0.278	14	(9)	19	(7)	0.396
ART adherence	28	(7)	14	(6)	14	(7)	0.886	8	(5)	20	(7)	0.420
Condom use	27	(6)	13	(6)	14	(7)	0.715	11	(7)	16	(6)	0.566
ARV side effects	23	(5)	15	(7)	8	(4)	0.177	4	(3)	19	(7)	0.600
Will ARVs make me better?	20	(5)	13	(6)	7	(3)	0.217	6	(4)	14	(5)	0.590
Treatment supporter	13	(3)	4	(2)	9	(4)	0.128	5	(3)	8	(3)	0.829
Contraception /child bearing	14	(3)	6	(3)	8	(4)	0.508	3	(2)	11	(4)	0.259
Will ARVS make me worse?	13	(3)	5	(2)	8	(4)	0.338	4	(3)	9	(3)	0.710
Residence outside study area	12	(3)	4	(2)	8	(4)	0.200	1	(1)	11	(4)	0.063*
Alcohol use	11	(3)	4	(2)	7	(3)	0.307	7	(5)	4	(1)	0.049
Why not start ART immediately	11	(3)	4	(2)	7	(3)	0.307	4	(3)	7	(3)	0.959
Employment/work issues	6	(1)	4	(2)	2	(1)	0.455	4	(3)	2	(1)	0.110
Spouse’s HIV serostatus	5	(1)	3	(1)	2	(1)	0.990*	2	(1)	3	(1)	0.990 *
Pill burden	3	(1)	3	(1)	0	(0)	0.249*	1	(1)	2	(1)	0.990*
HIV-related stigma	3	(1)	2	(1)	1	(0)	0.599	0		3	(1)	0.196
Cigarette smoking	1	(0)	0	(0)	1	(0)	0.485*	1	(1)	0		0.356 *
Others	50	(12)	23	(11)	27	(13)	0.403	15	(10)	35	(13)	0.376

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