Background
Methods
Study design
Sample size determination
Data collection techniques
Estimation of the outcome variable
Data analysis
Results
Demographic information of the patients
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Female | 211 | 59.6 |
Male | 143 | 40.4 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 306 | 86.4 |
Rural | 48 | 13.6 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 76 | 21.5 |
Married | 162 | 45.8 |
Separated/divorced | 90 | 25.4 |
Widowed | 26 | 7.3 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 320 | 90.4 |
Muslim | 29 | 8.2 |
Other | 5 | 1.4 |
Family size | ||
1–2 | 201 | 56.8 |
3–4 | 91 | 25.7 |
≥5 | 62 | 17.5 |
Educational status | ||
No formal education | 93 | 26.3 |
Primary | 101 | 28.5 |
Secondary and above | 160 | 45.2 |
Behavioral and health status information of patients
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
---|---|---|
Alcohol consumption | ||
No | 225 | 63.6 |
Yes | 129 | 36.4 |
Tobacco and chat use | ||
No | 316 | 89.3 |
Yes | 38 | 10.7 |
HIV disclosure status | ||
Not disclosed | 20 | 5.6 |
Disclosed | 334 | 94.4 |
Functional status | ||
Bedridden | 8 | 2.3 |
Ambulatory | 40 | 11.3 |
Working | 306 | 86.4 |
ART adherence level | ||
Poor | 10 | 2.8 |
Fair | 4 | 1.1 |
Good | 340 | 96.1 |
History of TB disease | ||
No | 332 | 93.8 |
Yes | 22 | 6.2 |
Description of continuous covariates/measures
Variables | Measures | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Std. Deviation | |
Age | 16.00 | 70.00 | 34.7740 | 9.54665 |
Baseline weight | 15.00 | 80.00 | 51.2062 | 9.81103 |
Current weight | 28.00 | 92.00 | 54.7994 | 10.57320 |
Baseline CD4 cell count | 11.30 | 1022.00 | 183.5800 | 118.58572 |
Baseline lymphocyte count | 1.10 | 317.00 | 33.1274 | 19.42361 |
Baseline hemoglobin | 5.00 | 36.40 | 13.2435 | 3.61894 |
Survival time comparison
Variable | Number of patients | Number of deaths | Mean survival time | Median survival time | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||||
Female | 211 | 19 | 99.893 | - | 0.004 |
Male | 143 | 2 | 104.548 | - | |
Residence | |||||
Urban | 306 | 19 | 104.856 | - | 0.896 |
Rural | 48 | 2 | 82.279 | - | |
Marital status | |||||
Single | 76 | 11 | 86.732 | - | < 0.01 |
Married | 162 | 4 | 101.391 | - | |
Separated/divorced | 90 | 2 | 105.998 | - | |
Widowed | 26 | 4 | 86.761 | - | |
Religion | |||||
Orthodox | 320 | 18 | - | - | 0.592 |
Muslim | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
Other | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
Family size | |||||
1–2 | 201 | 8 | 108.070 | - | 0.001 |
3–4 | 91 | 3 | 100.170 | - | |
≥5 | 62 | 10 | 82.682 | - | |
Educational status | |||||
No formal education | 93 | 13 | 94.794 | - | 0.019 |
Primary | 101 | 5 | 96.924 | - | |
Secondary and above | 160 | 3 | 106.474 | - | |
Alcohol consumption | |||||
No | 225 | 9 | 107.231 | - | 0.018 |
Yes | 129 | 12 | 92.048 | - | |
Tobacco and chat use | |||||
No | 316 | 14 | 106.865 | - | < 0.01 |
Yes | 38 | 7 | 62.160 | 73.80 | |
HIV disclosure status | |||||
Not disclosed | 20 | 3 | 85.811 | - | 0.028 |
Disclosed | 334 | 18 | 104.747 | - | |
Functional status | |||||
Bedridden | 8 | 1 | 66.847 | - | 0.008 |
Ambulatory | 40 | 6 | 67.033 | 73.800 | |
Working | 306 | 14 | 106.592 | - | |
ART adherence level | |||||
Poor | 10 | 2 | - | - | 0.147 |
Fair | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Good | 340 | 19 | - | - | |
History of TB disease | |||||
No | 332 | 16 | 105.650 | - | < 0.01 |
Yes | 22 | 5 | 52.348 | - |
The hazard of death in HIV/AIDS patients
Predictor variables | B | SE | Wald | df | Sig. | AHR | 95.0% CI for HR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||||||
Age | .049 | .024 | 4.228 | 1 | .040* | 1.051 | 1.002 | 1.101 |
Family size | ||||||||
≥ 5 (ref) | 9.854 | 2 | .007* | |||||
1–2 | −1.791 | .604 | 8.785 | 1 | .003* | .167 | .051 | .545 |
3–4 | −2.120 | .852 | 6.197 | 1 | .013* | .120 | .023 | .637 |
Educational status | ||||||||
Secondary and above (ref) | 6.612 | 2 | .037* | |||||
No formal Education | 1.616 | .762 | 4.491 | 1 | .034* | 5.032 | 1.129 | 22.423 |
Primary | .213 | .858 | .061 | 1 | .804 | 1.237 | .230 | 6.646 |
Alcohol consumption | ||||||||
Yes (ref) | ||||||||
No | −1.225 | .623 | 3.873 | 1 | .049* | .294 | .087 | .995 |
Tobacco and chat use | ||||||||
Yes (ref) | ||||||||
No | −2.296 | .646 | 12.633 | 1 | .000* | .101 | .028 | .357 |
Baseline weight | −.084 | .042 | 4.019 | 1 | .045* | .920 | .847 | .998 |
Current weight | −.074 | .034 | 4.900 | 1 | .027* | .928 | .869 | .992 |
Baseline CD4 cell count | −.010 | .003 | 7.895 | 1 | .005* | .990 | .984 | .997 |
Baseline lymphocyte count | −.035 | .023 | 2.296 | 1 | .130 | .966 | .924 | 1.010 |
Baseline hemoglobin | −.224 | .066 | 11.400 | 1 | .001* | .800 | .702 | .910 |
History of TB disease | ||||||||
Yes (ref) | ||||||||
No | −1.932 | .703 | 7.552 | 1 | .006* | .145 | .037 | .575 |