Table 1 Sociodemographic and Clinical characteristics of people living with HIV/AIDS in public health institutions, western Ethiopia, 2017
Sociodemographic Characteristics | Male | Female | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | ||
Mean (±SD) age | 38.5 ± 8.5 | 33.8 ± 8.4 | 36.2 ± 8.8 | |
Residence | Rural | 177(70.5) | 158(62.2) | 335(66.3) |
Urban | 74(29.5) | 96(37.8) | 170(33.7) | |
Marital status | Single | 36(14.3) | 51(20.1) | 87(17.2) |
Married | 186(74.1) | 158(62.2) | 344(68.1) | |
Widowed | 20(8.0) | 31(12.2) | 51(10.1) | |
Divorced | 9(3.6) | 14(4.5) | 23(4.6) | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 221(88.0) | 211(83.1) | 432(85.5) |
Amhara | 22(8.8) | 38(15.0) | 60(11.9) | |
Others | 8(3.2) | 5(2.0) | 13(2.6) | |
Religion | Protestant | 87(34.7) | 95(37.4) | 182(36.0) |
Orthodox | 151(60.2) | 147(57.9) | 298(59.0) | |
Muslim | 10(4.0) | 9(3.5) | 19(3.8) | |
Others | 3(0.6) | 3(0.6) | 6(1.2) | |
Education | Illiterate | 88(35.1) | 113(44.5) | 201(39.8) |
Literate | 163(64.9) | 141(55.5) | 304(60.2) | |
Occupation | Employed | 231(92.0) | 210(77.2) | 441(87.3) |
Unemployed | 20(8.0) | 44(17.3) | 64(12.7) | |
WHO stage | Stage I | 31(12.4) | 23(9.1) | 54(10.7) |
Stage II | 35(13.9) | 47(18.5) | 82(16.2) | |
Stage III | 124(49.4) | 122(48.0) | 246(48.7) | |
Stage IV | 61(24.3) | 62(24.4) | 123(24.4) | |
CD4 count | median IQR (cells/μl) | 209(142–334) | 186(136–286) | 202(138–310) |
ART Duration | median (IQR) (month) | 47(27–74) | 45(23.7–69.8) | 46(25–72) |
BMI(kg/m2) | ≥18.5 | 202(80.5) | 179(70.5) | 381(75.4) |
< 18.5 | 49(19.5) | 75(29.5) | 124(24.6) | |
Depression | Normal | 186(74.1) | 159(62.6) | 345(68.3) |
depressed | 65(25.9) | 95(37.4) | 160(31.7) | |
Tuberculosis | Yes | 25(10.0) | 33(13.0) | 58(11.5) |
No | 226(90.0) | 221(87.0) | 447(88.5) | |
Anemia | Normal | 191(76.1) | 178(70.4) | 369(73.2) |
Anemic | 60(23.9) | 75(29.6) | 135(26.8) | |
Psychosocial support | Yes | 154(61.4) | 138(54.3) | 292(57.8) |
NO | 97(38.6) | 116(45.7) | 213(42.2) | |