From: Disclosure to HIV-seropositive children in rural Zambia
Factors | Total | Not disclosed | disclosed | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Range of patients’ age (median, IQRa) | 6–17 (9, 7.0–12.0) | 6–16 (9, 7.0–11.25) | 6–17 (10, 8.0–13.0) | < 0.001*1 |
Gender (%) | 57 | 40 (70.2) | 17 (29.8) | 0.045*2 |
Male | 28 | 16 (57.1) | 12 (42.9) | |
Female | 29 | 24 (82.8) | 5 (17.2) | |
Caregivers’ education (%) | 46 | 32 | 14 | 0.520*3 |
None or primary | 17 | 13 (76.5) | 4 (23.5) | |
Above primary | 29 | 19 (65.5) | 10 (34.5) | |
Caregivers’ income per month (%) | 42 | 29 | 13 | 0.320*3 |
< 100,000 ZMWb | 22 | 17 (77.3) | 5 (22.7) | |
≧100,000 ZMW | 20 | 12 (60.0) | 8 (40.0) | |
Cohabitation status (%) | 39 | 28 | 11 | |
Both parents | 17 | 13 (76.5) | 4 (23.5) | 1.000*3 |
Mother only | 9 | 4 (44.4) | 5 (55.5) | 0.138*3 |
Father only | 10 | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) | 0.710*3 |
No parent | 3 | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.554*3 |
Main caregivers (%) | 53 | 36 | 17 | |
Mother | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0.435*3 |
Grandmother | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0.741*3 |
Others | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0.556*3 |