Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical data characteristics of HIV patients (n = 224)
Variables | Response | Frequency (n (%)) |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 74 (33.0) |
Female | 150 (67.0) | |
Residence | Urban | 191 (85.3) |
Rural | 33 (14.7) | |
Age | < 24 | 17 (7.6) |
25–34 | 41 (18.3) | |
35–44 | 91 (40.6) | |
45–54 | 57 (25.4) | |
≥ 55 | 18 (8.0) | |
Marital status | Married | 89 (39.7) |
Single | 43 (19.2) | |
Divorced | 58 (25.9) | |
Windowed | 34 (15.2) | |
Educational status | Tertiary school (> 12) | 27 (12.1) |
Secondary school (9–12) | 66 (29.5) | |
Primary school (1–8) | 88 (39.3) | |
No formal education | 43 (19.2) | |
Occupation | Employed | 63 (28.1) |
Dailey laborer | 78 (34.8) | |
Housewife | 34 (15.2) | |
Merchant | 41 (18.3) | |
Othersa | 8 (3.6) | |
History of hospitalization | Yes | 56 (25.0) |
No | 168 (75.0) | |
History of catheterization | Yes | 27 (12.1) |
No | 197 (87.9) | |
IV/oral antibiotic usage in the past 3 months | Yes | 75 (33.5) |
No | 149 (66.5) | |
Presence of other chronic disease | Yes | 20 (8.9) |
No | 204 (91.1) | |
Recent CD4+level | < 200 cells/mm3 | 25 (11.2) |
≥ 200 cells/ mm3 | 199 (88.8) | |
Recent viral load level | Detected | 22 (9.8) |
Not detected | 202 (90.2) | |
ART status | Pre – ART | 12 (5.4) |
On –ART | 212 (94.6) | |
ART adherence | Poor | 20 (8.9) |
Good | 192 (85.7) | |
History of UTIs | Yes | 30 (13.4) |
No | 194 (86.6) | |
Clinical case | Symptomatic | 30 (13.4) |
Asymptomatic | 194 (86.6) | |
Fever (> 38 0c) | Yes | 27 (12.1) |
No | 197 (87.9) | |
Dysuria | Yes | 19 (8.5) |
No | 205 (91.5) | |
Frequency of urination | Yes | 26 (11.6) |
No | 198 (88.4) | |
Suprapubic tenderness | Yes | 20 (8.9) |
No | 204 (91.1) | |
Urgency of urination | Yes | 20 (8.9) |
No | 204 (91.1) |