Table 3 Factors associated with adherence to ART doses among HIV infected Children 0–14 years in Kabale district, Uganda
Variable | Adherent | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | COR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | |||
(n = 121) | (n = 32) | |||||||
Study site | ||||||||
Rugarama hospital | 3 (9.38) | 20 (16.95) | 1.0 | |||||
Kabale hospital | 29 (90.63) | 98 (83.05) | 0.5 | (0.14–1.83) | ||||
Age of child | ||||||||
0–10 years | 19 (59.38) | 68 (57.14) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
11–14 years | 13 (40.63) | 51 (42.86) | 1.1 | (0.49–2.42) | 6.4 | (1.31–31.42) | 0.022* | |
Gender of child | ||||||||
Female | 16 (50.00) | 68 (58.12) | 1.0 | |||||
Male | 16 (50.00) | 49 (41.88) | 0.7 | (0.33–1.58) | ||||
Child duration on ART | ||||||||
0–4 years | 14 (43.75) | 58 (49.15) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
5 years above | 18 (56.25) | 60 (50.85) | 0.8 | 0.37–1.77 | 1.2 | (0.39–3.58) | 0.768 | |
Childs’ health | ||||||||
Not sick by time of interview | 28 (87.50) | 108 (91.5) | 1.0 | |||||
Sick time of interview | 4 (12.50) | 10 (8.47) | 0.7 | (0.19-2.22) | ||||
Sex of care giver | ||||||||
Female | 23 (71.88) | 88 (74.58) | 1.0 | |||||
Male | 9 (28.13) | 30 (25.42) | 0.9 | (0.36–2.09) | ||||
Age of care giver | ||||||||
≤ 30 years | 13 (40.63) | 51 (42.86) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
30 years above | 19 (59.38) | 68 (57.14) | 0.9 | (0.41–2.01) | 0.8 | (0.44–1.49) | 0.499 | |
Level of education of care giver | ||||||||
None | 4 (12.50) | 19 (16.10) | 1.0 | |||||
Primary | 14 (43.75) | 43 (36.44) | 0.7 | (0.19–2.22) | 0.38 | (0.06–2.40) | 0.307 | |
Secondary | 4 (12.50) | 33(27.97) | 1.7 | (0.39–7.76) | 2.26 | (0.2–20.95) | 0.474 | |
Tertiary | 10 (31.25) | 23 (19.49) | 0.5 | (0.13–1.79) | 0.16 | (0.02–1.21) | 0.077 | |
Occupation of care giver | ||||||||
Formal employment | 23 (76.67) | 96 (84.21) | 1.0 | |||||
Informal employment | 7 (23.33) | 18 (15.79) | 0.6 | (0.23–1.66) | ||||
Care giver relationship with child | ||||||||
Biological parent | 24 (77.42) | 93 (78.81) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
Other relative | 7 (22.58) | 25 (21.19) | 0.9 | (0.36–2.39) | 0.3 | (0.07–1.70) | 0.189 | |
Duration as caregiver of child | ||||||||
0–4 years | 13 (40.63) | 51 (42.86) | 1.0 | |||||
5 years above | 19 (59.38) | 68 (57.14) | 0.9 | (0.41–2.02) | ||||
Care giver’s health | ||||||||
Not sick a week before interview | 25 (80.65) | 100 (85.5) | 1.0 | |||||
Sick a week before interview | 6 (19.35) | 17 (14.5) | 0.7 | (0.25–1.99) | ||||
Caregiver knowledge of his/her HIV status | ||||||||
Do not know their HIV status | 5 (16.13) | 9 (7.63) | ||||||
Know their HIV status | 26 (83.87) | 109 (92.4) | 2.3 | 0.71–7.63 | 0.15 | 21.6 | 1.09–428.2 | 0.044* |
Care giver stress | ||||||||
Not stressed | 29 (90.63) | 97 (81.5) | 1.0 | |||||
Stressed | 3 (9.38) | 22 (18.5) | 2.2 | (0.61–7.94) | ||||
Drug tolerability | ||||||||
Child does not find a problem swallowing | 31 (96.88) | 110 (97.4) | 1.0 | |||||
Child finds swallowing the drug a problem | 1 (3.13) | 3 (2.65) | 0.9 | (0.08–8.48) | 0.886 | |||
Drug dosage complexity | ||||||||
Child find dose easy to take | 30 (93.75) | 105 (90.5) | ||||||
Child find dose not easy to take | 2 (6.25) | 11 (9.48) | 1.6 | (0.33–7.53) | 0.569 | |||
Side effects of the ARV’s | ||||||||
Child has never experienced drug side effects | 26 (83.87) | 107 (89.9) | ||||||
Child has experienced a side effect due to the ARV’s | 5 (16.13) | 12 (10.1) | 0.6 | (0.19–1.81) | 0.346 | |||