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Table 1 The distribution of virological failure per socio-demographic factors at Tefera Hailu Memorial Hospital, Sekota, northeast Ethiopia, 2019

From: Antiretroviral treatment failure and associated factors among HIV patients on first-line antiretroviral treatment in Sekota, northeast Ethiopia

Variables

Category

N = 295

% From N

VTF = 49

% From failure

Age

10–19

20

6.8

8

16.33

20–29

42

14.2

7

14.29

30–39

115

39

17

34.69

40–49

89

30.2

14

28.57

50 +

29

9.8

3

6.12

Gender

Female

169

57

28

57.14

Male

126

43

21

42.86

Marital status

Single

54

18.3

15

30.61

Married

129

43.7

20

40.82

Divorced

76

25.8

10

20.41

Widowed

36

12.2

4

8.16

Education status

Not read/write

80

27.1

9

18.37

Primary

108

36.6

24

48.98

Secondary

67

22.7

13

26.53

Above secondary

40

13.6

3

6.12

Occupational status

Gov. employee

75

25.4

8

16.33

Self-employee

143

48.5

24

48.98

Unemployed

43

14.6

12

24.49

Farmer

34

11.5

5

10.20

Alcohol use

No

246

83.4

42

85.71

Yes

49

16.6

7

14.29

Distance to ART clinic

< 10 km

216

73.2

36

73.47

> 10 km

79

26.8

13

26.53

  1. VTF virological treatment failure, N total participants, ETB Ethiopia Birr, alcohol never allowed for patients on ART, age category according to Ethiopia ART guideline 2017