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Table 4 Bivariable and multivariable analysis of Emotional and Behavioral Problems among children and adolescent on HAART in West Gojjam Zone Public Hospitals, North West Ethiopia, 2018(N = 411)

From: Emotional and behavioral problems and associated factors among children and adolescents on highly active anti-retroviral therapy in public hospitals of West Gojjam zone, Amhara regional state of Ethiopia, 2018: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Categories

EBPs status

COR(95%CI)

AOR(95%CI)

P-Value

Positive N (%)

Negative N (%)

Age in years

5–9

70 (63.6)

40 (36.4)

3.88 (2.14–7.00)

5.33 (2.56,11.04)***

0.00

10–14

81 (38.4)

130 (61.6)

1.38 (0.82–2.33)

1.95 (1.08–3.55*

0.03

15–18

28 (31.1)

62 (68.9)

1.00

1.00

 

School attendance

Attended

137 (40.9)

198 (59.1)

1.00

1.00

 

Non attended

42 (55.3)

34 (44.7)

1.79 (1.08–2.95)

0.61 (0.31–1.18)

0.14

Caregiver’s educational level

College

95 (47.5)

105 (52.5)

1.00

1.00

 

Secondary

14 (63.6)

8 (36.4)

1.93 (0.78–4.81)

0.81 (0.26–2.48)

0.71

Primary

13 (40.6)

19 (59.4)

0.76 (0.35–1.61)

0.99 (0.43–2.33)

0.99

Illiterate

57 (36.3)

100 (63.7)

0.63 (0.41–0.97)

0.64 (0.40–1.04)

0.07

Caregiver’s relationship

Parent

135 (39.6)

206 (60.4)

1.00

1.00

 

Relative

35 (61.4)

22 (38.6)

2.43 (1.37–4.32)

1.95 (0.93–4.07)

0.08

Non-kin

9 (69.2)

4 (30.8)

3.43 (1.04,11.37)

4.64 (1.20–17.90)*

0.03

Parental loss

Both alive

56 (33.9)

109 (66.1)

1.00

1.00

 

Single

84 (46.4)

97 (53.6)

1.69 (1.09–2.60)

1.73 (1.07–2.81)*

0.03

Both died

39 (60.0)

26 (40.0)

2.92 (1.62–5.28)

2.15 (1.03–4.49)*

0.04

HIV self disclosure status

Disclosed

104 (36.1)

184 (63.9)

1.00

1.00

 

Non disclosed

75 (60.98)

48 (39.02)

2.76 (1.79–4.27)

1.99 (1.16–3.41)**

0.01

Care-giver’s mental distress

Distressed

87 (50.6)

85 (49.4)

1.64 (1.10–2.43)

1.64 (1.04–2.57)*

0.03

Not distressed

92 (38.5)

147 (61.5)

1.00

1.00

 
  1. Abbreviations: HAART Highly Active Anti Retroviral Therapy
  2. *P-value< 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001