Table 4 Bivariate and multivarivate analyses of HIV knowledge and risk factors associated with knowledge of HIV status among HIV positive and negative persons
From: Determinants of knowledge of HIV status in South Africa: results from a population-based HIV survey
HIV knowledge and risk variables | HIV positive | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N | Know HIV test result (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | P-value | Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 (Pseudo R square = .13) | P- value |
Aware of place nearby place to get tested for HIV | Â | Â | Â | 0.000 | Â | Â |
No | 9 | 5.1 | 1.00 | Â | 1.00 | Â |
Yes | 426 | 38.6 | 11.7 (4.56–29.87) | 0.000 | 8.85 (3.40–23.0) | 0.000 |
HIV knowledge | Â | Â | Â | 0.092 | Â | Â |
Low | 102 | 29.4 | 1.00 | Â | Â | Â |
Medium | 146 | 29.9 | 1.03 (0.66–1.59) | 0.903 |  |  |
High | 179 | 37.0 | 1.41 (0.93–2.14) | 0.107 | --- |  |
Knowledge of ARVs | Â | Â | Â | 0.420 | Â | Â |
No | 151 | 30.6 | 1.00 | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 283 | 33.6 | 1.15 (0.82–1.62) | 0.420 | --- |  |
Know of serodiscordance | Â | Â | Â | 0.000 | Â | Â |
No | 180 | 27.4 | 1.00 | Â | 1.00 | Â |
Yes | 255 | 38.2 | 5.94 (3.52–10.04) | 0.000 | 1.39 (0.96–1.99) | 0.077 |
Impact of HIV (household: HIV, care death) | Â | Â | Â | 0.000 | Â | Â |
No | 342 | 28.2 | 1.00 | Â | 1.00 | Â |
Yes | 94 | 70.0 | 5.94 (3.52–10.04) | 0.000 | 4.60 (2.54–8.32) | 0.000 |
HIV risk perception | Â | Â | Â | 0.000 | Â | Â |
Low | 57 | 19.1 | 1.00 | Â | 1.00 | Â |
Medium | 115 | 29.1 | 1.74 (1.04–2.90) | 0.034 | 1.38 (0.78–2.46) | 0.269 |
High | 254 | 39.4 | 2.75 (1.03–4.37) | 0.000 | 1.71 (1.02–2.89) | 0.042 |
AIDS stigma attitudes | Â | Â | Â | 0.997 | Â | Â |
Low | 192 | 32.9 | 1.00 | Â | Â | Â |
Medium | 198 | 33.3 | 1.02 (0.72–1.44) | 0.928 | --- |  |
High | 41 | 32.4 | 0.98 (0.53–1.79) | 0.939 |  |  |
HIV knowledge and risk variables | HIV negative | |||||
Aware of place nearby place to get tested for HIV | Â | Â | Â | 0.000 | Â | Â |
No | 92 | 4.1 | 1.00 | Â | 1.00 | Â |
Yes | 2682 | 32.9 | 11.6 (8.23–16.29) | 0.000 | 9.73 (6.90–13.73) | 0.000 |
HIV knowledge | Â | Â | Â | 0.000 | Â | Â |
Low | 601 | 17.1 | 1.00 | Â | 1.00 | Â |
Medium | 962 | 29.0 | 1.98 (1.64–2.39) | 0.000 | 1.46 (1.18–1.80) | 0.001 |
High | 1181 | 32.2 | 2.30 (1.94–2.74) | 0.000 | 1.64 (1.36–1.97) | 0.000 |
Knowledge of ARVs | Â | Â | Â | 0.224 | Â | Â |
No | 938 | 25.3 | 1.00 | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 1838 | 27.1 | 1.10 (0.95–1.27) | 0.224 | --- |  |
Know of serodiscordance | Â | Â | Â | 0.000 | Â | Â |
No | 951 | 20.1 | 1.00 | Â | 1.00 | Â |
Yes | 1823 | 32.0 | 1.87 (1.62–2.17) | 0.000 | 1.56 (1.31–1.85) | 0.000 |
Impact of HIV (household: HIV, care death) | Â | Â | Â | 0.024 | Â | Â |
No | 2660 | 26.1 | 1.00 | Â | 1.00 | Â |
Yes | 122 | 33.4 | 1.43 (1.05–1.94) | 0.024 | 1.22 (0.86–1.73) | 0.267 |
HIV risk perception | Â | Â | Â | 0.013 | Â | Â |
Low | 983 | 24.0 | 1.00 | Â | 1.00 | Â |
Medium | 924 | 27.1 | 1.17 (0.99–1.40) | 0.071 | 1.05 (0.88–1.26) | 0.600 |
High | 870 | 28.3 | 1.25 (1.05–1.49) | 0.014 | 0.96 (0.79–1.18) | 0.711 |
AIDS stigma attitudes | Â | Â | Â | 0.237 | Â | Â |
Low | 1152 | 27.5 | 1.00 | Â | Â | Â |
Medium | 1333 | 26.0 | 0.93 (0.80–1.08) | 0.335 | --- |  |
High | 273 | 25.1 | 0.88 (0.69–1.13) | 0.324 |  |  |