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Table 4 Other factors that associated with unprotected sex among PLHIV in public health facilities of Debre Zeit town, October - December, 2011

From: Unprotected sexual practice and associated factors among People Living with HIV at Ante Retroviral Therapy clinics in Debrezeit Town, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Characteristics

Unprotected sexual practice

COR

AOR

Yes

No

Length of follow up at ART clinic

<=12 months

41 (36.6%)

71 (63.4%)

1.00

1.00

13-48 years

65 (20.1%)

259 (79.9%)

0.44 (0.27,0.70)*

1.142 (0.39, 3.37)

> = 49 months

42 (18.2%)

189 (81.8%)

0.39 (0.23,0.64)*

0.67 (0.23, 2.00)

CD 4 count

<=200

23 (29.9%)

54 (70.1%)

1.00

1.00

>200

125 (21.2%)

465 (78.8%)

0.63 (0.37, 1.07)

0.92 (0.44, 1.94)

Length of time since being positive

<=12 months

34 (40.5%)

50 (59.5%)

1.00

1.00

13-48 months

57 (18.8%)

247 (81.3%)

0.34 (0.20,0.57)*

0.35 (0.11, 1.20)

> = 49 months

57 (20.4%)

222 (79.6%)

0.38 (0.22,0.64)*

0.80 (0.25, 2.58)

Condom use before being positive

Yes

33 (30%)

77 (70%)

1.00

1.00

No

115 (20.6%)

442 (79.4%)

0.61 (0.39,0.96)*

0.71 (0.37, 1.35)

Length of stay with current partner

<=12 months

39 (15.1%)

220 (84.9%)

1.00

1.00

13-48 months

33 (22.4%)

114 (77.6%)

1.63 (0.98,2.74)

1.78 (0.93, 3.42)

> = 49 months

64 (28.1%)

164 (71.9%)

2.20 (1.41,3.44)*

3.26 (1.86, 5.71)**

Condom use and safe sex discussion

Yes

95 (16%)

500 (84%)

1.00

1.00

No/partly

53 (26.4%)

19 (73.6%)

14.68 (8.32,25.91)*

17.11 (8.92, 32.81)**

Disclosure

Yes

129 (20.4%)

502 (79.6%)

1.00

1.00

No

19 (52.8%)

17 (47.2%)

4.35 (2.20,8.61)*

2.16 (0.55, 8.45)

Alcohol consumption

Yes

39 (27.1)

105 (72.9%)

1.00

1.00

No

109 (21%)

414 (79%)

0.71 (0.46, 1.08)

1.07 (0.60, 1.91)

  1. *Statistically significant before multivariate analysis.
  2. **Statistically significant after multivariate analysis.