Variables | n(%), N = 384 |
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Socio-demographic | |
Education ( primary and above) | 287(74.7) |
Work status (unemployed) | 149 (38.8) |
Age (≤40 years) | 327(85.2) |
Gender (female) | 257(66.9) |
Marital status ( married) | 212 (55.2) |
Residency (urban) | 346 (90.1) |
Clinical variables | |
Duration of ART ( ≤4 years) | 155(40.4) |
Current CD4 level ( cells/mm3 ) | |
< 200 | 47(12.2) |
200-350 | 134(34.9) |
>350 | 203(52.9) |
Current ART regimens (triple) | |
AZT/3TC/NVP | 154 (40.1) |
TDF/3TC/NVP | 50 (13.0) |
AZT/3TC/EFV | 48(12.5) |
D4T/3TC/NVP | 44(11.5) |
TDF/3TC/EFZ | 42 (10.9) |
D4T/3TC/EFZ | 23(6.0) |
Others | 23(6.0) |
Non adherence | 14(3.6) |
General profiles | |
General health at the start of treatment | |
Healthy | 50(13.0) |
Mild to severely ill | 334 (87.0) |
CD 4 count after treatment | |
Increased | 345 (89.8) |
Decreased | 9(2.3) |
No change | 30(7.8) |
Health status after ART start | |
Improved | 344(89.6) |
Not improved | 40(10.4) |
Body weight | |
Increased | 323(84.1) |
Decreased | 23(6.0) |
No change | 38(10.0) |
Social interaction of patients after ART start | |
Increased | 81(21.1) |
Decreased | 10(2.6) |
No change | 293(76.3) |