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Table 1 Bivariable association between health risk behaviours and socio-demographic characteristics among Vietnamese HIV positive outpatients (N = 400)

From: The association between symptoms of mental disorders and health risk behaviours in Vietnamese HIV positive outpatients: a cross-sectional study

Demographic

Unsafe sexual practices

Illicit drug use

Yes n (%)

No n (%)

p

OR (95% CI)

Yes n (%)

No n (%)

p

OR (95% CI)

Sex

 Female

25 (17.1)

121 (82.9)

0.137

1

2 (1.4)

144 (98.6)

0.005

1

 Male

30 (11.8)

224 (88.2)

 

0.65 (0.36–1.15)

20 (7.9)

234 (92.1)

 

6.25 (1.41–25.00)

Sexual orientation

 Heterosexual

51 (14.5)

300 (85.5)

0.370

1

18 (5.1)

333 (94.9)

0.273

1

 Homosexual/Bisexual

3 (13.0)

20 (87.0)

 

0.88 (0.25–3.08)

1 (4.3)

22 (95.7)

 

0.84 (0.11–6.59)

 Unsure/Not answered

1 (3.8)

25 (96.2)

 

0.24 (0.03–1.77)

3 (11.5)

23 (88.5)

 

2.41 (0.66–8.79)

Age in years

 ≤ 30

21 (21.0)

79 (79.0)

0.035

1

7 (7.0)

93 (93.0)

0.642

1

 31–40

29 (12.2)

208 (87.8)

 

0.52 (0.28–0.97)

13 (5.5)

224 (94.5)

 

0.77 (0.30–1.99)

 ≥ 40

5 (7.9)

58 (92.1)

 

0.32 (0.12–0.91)

2 (3.2)

61 (96.8)

 

0.44 (0.09–2.17)

 Median (IQR)

31 (30–37)

34 (31–38)

0.022

0.95 (0.90–0.99)

33.5 (29–36)

34 (31–38)

0.526

0.98 (0.91–1.05)

Work status

 Unemployed/Casual

21 (13.8)

131 (86.2)

0.893

1

8 (5.3)

144 (94.7)

0.862

1

 Part-time

9 (13.0)

60 (87.0)

 

0.94 (0.40–2.16)

4 (5.8)

65 (94.2)

 

1.11 (0.32–3.81)

 Full-time

16 (12.7)

110 (87.3)

 

0.91 (0.45–1.82)

6 (4.8)

120 (95.2)

 

0.90 (0.30–2.67)

 Not working

9 (17.0)

44 (83.0)

 

1.28 (0.54–2.99)

4 (7.5)

49 (92.5)

 

1.47 (0.42–5.09)

Highest level of education completed

 ≤ Primary school

20 (14.4)

119 (85.6)

0.030

1 a

8 (5.8)

131 (94.2)

0.873

1

 Secondary school

13 (8.6)

138 (91.4)

 

0.56 (0.27–1.17)

9 (6.0)

142 (94.0)

 

1.04 (0.39–2.77)

 ≥ High school

22 (20.0)

88 (80.0)

 

1.49 (0.76–2.89)

5 (4.5)

105 (95.5)

 

0.78 (0.25–2.45)

Marital status

 Single

14 (11.3)

110 (88.7)

0.620

1

14 (11.3)

110 (88.7)

0.002

1 b

 Married/Living as a couple

33 (15.1)

186 (84.9)

 

1.39 (0.71–2.72)

8 (3.7)

211 (96.3)

 

0.30 (0.12–0.73)

 Divorced/Separated/Widowed

8 (14.0)

49 (86.0)

 

1.28 (0.51–3.26)

0

57 (100)

 

NA

Parental status

 Yes

29 (13.2)

190 (86.8)

0.746

0.91 (0.51–1.61)

3 (1.4)

216 (98.6)

<0.001

0.12 (0.03–0.41) c

 No

26 (14.4)

155 (85.6)

 

1

19 (10.5)

162 (89.5)

 

1

Religious affiliation

 Yes

16 (15.4)

88 (84.6)

0.574

1.20 (0.64–2.25)

5 (4.8)

99 (95.2)

0.719

0.83 (0.30–2.31)

 No

39 (13.2)

257 (86.8)

 

1

17 (5.7)

279 (94.3)

 

1

Economic status

 Very poor/Poor

15 (8.6)

159 (91.4)

0.009

1

11 (6.3)

163 (93.7)

0.527

1.32 (0.56–3.12)

 Average/Rich

40 (17.7)

186 (82.3)

 

2.27 (1.22–4.35)

11 (4.9)

215 (95.1)

 

1

Source of HIV infection

 Sexual transmission

34 (15.2)

190 (84.8)

0.211

1

4 (1.8)

220 (98.2)

0.001

1

 Injected drug use

11 (9.2)

108 (90.8)

 

0.57 (0.28–1.17)

13 (10.9)

106 (89.1)

 

6.75 (2.15–21.18)

 Others

10 (17.5)

47 (82.5)

 

1.19 (0.55–2.58)

5 (8.8)

52 (91.2)

 

5.29 (1.37–20.38)

  1. aOR ≥ High school vs Secondary school = 2.65, 95%CI 1.20–6.03
  2. bOR Single vs Married/Living as couple = 3.33, 95%CI 1.37–8.33
  3. cReversed OR = 8.33; 95%CI 2.44–33.33