Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and associated factors among people living with HIV attending ART clinic of Dessie Referral Hospital, North-East Ethiopia from March to May 2019
Variables | Category | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 103 (46.2) |
Female | 120 (53.8) | |
Age | 10–29 | 74 (33.2) |
30–49 | 108 (48.4) | |
> 50 | 41 (18.4) | |
Marital status | Single | 100 (44.8) |
Married | 89 (39.9) | |
Divorced | 27 (12.1) | |
Widowed | 7 (3.1) | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 60 (26.9) |
Primary educational level | 92 (41.3) | |
Secondary educational level | 56 (25.1) | |
College and above | 15 (6.7) | |
Residence | Urban | 162 (72.6) |
Rural | 61 (27.4) | |
Availability and usage of latrine | Always | 188 (84.3) |
Sometimes | 29 (13) | |
Never | 6 (2.7) | |
Hand washing after latrine | Always | 149 (66.8) |
Some times | 74 (33.2) | |
Eating raw vegetable | Yes | 109 (48.9) |
No | 114 (51.1) | |
Eating raw meat | Yes | 48 (21.5) |
No | 175 (78.5) | |
Source of water drinking | Well water | 6 (2.7) |
Tap water | 184 (82.5) | |
Spring water | 25 (11.2) | |
River water | 8 (3.6) | |
Utilization of water treatment | Yes | 7 (3.1) |
No | 216 (96.9) | |
Shoes wearing | Always | 197 (88.3) |
Some time | 26 (11.7) | |
Finger nail status | Trimmed | 217 (97.3) |
Not trimmed | 6 (2.7) | |
CD4 count | < 200 CD4 cell/ml3 | 15 (6.7) |
201–499 CD4 cell/ml3 | 111 (49.8) | |
> 500 CD4 cell/ml3 | 97 (43.5) |