Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among People Living with HIV in Nepal

Table 6

Binary logistic regression analysis of respondents’ knowledge level on antiretroviral medicines with various predictor variables.

Predictors	B (SE)	value	95% CI for OR [lower–upper]	Nagelkerke R2	Knowledge level
					Adequate (n)	Inadequate (n)
Age (years)
18–38	2.45 (0.69)	<0.001	11.63 [2.98–45.34]	0.158	64	4
39–58	0.74 (0.53)	0.161	2.10 [0.74–5.98]		58	20
Gender
Male	0.28 (0.39)	0.469	1.33 [0.61–2.89]	0.005	79	18
Education level
Illiterate	−1.67 (1.09)	0.126	0.18 [0.02–1.60]		28	15
Just read and write	−0.75 (1.09)	0.489	0.46 [0.05–3.99]	0.097	61	13
Secondary level	0.12 (1.20)	0.918	1.13 [0.10–12.12]		34	3
Occupation
Service holders	0 (32226.05)	1.000	1.00 [0–]		2	0
Businessman	−19.64 (15191.49)	0.999	0	0.084	19	4
Labor	−18.80 (15191.49)	0.999	0		22	2
Agriculture	−20.11 (15191.49)	0.999	0		74	25
Unemployed	−19.00 (15191.49)	0.999	0		9	1
Smoking habit
Never smoked	0.48 (0.87)	0.580	1.61 [0.29–8.90]		89	22
1-2 cigarettes per day	0.47 (0.92)	0.612	1.60 [0.26–9.81]	0.032	32	7
3-4 cigarettes per day	20.28 (15191.51)	0.999	6.4610^10 [0–]		7	0
Alcohol consumption
Never	−19.83 (40192.01)	1.000	0		97	25
Once a month	−19.64 (40192.01)	1.000	0		19	4
2-3 times a month	−19.81 (40192.01)	1.000	0	0.018	12	3
2-3 times a week	0 (49225.35)	1.000	1.00		2	0
3-4 times a week	0 (56840.76)	1.000	1.00		1	0
Drug addiction history
Never	−0.81 (1.07)	0.445	0.44 [0.05–3.61]		123	31
In past but not currently	19.00 (40192.96)	1.000	1.7910^10 [0–]	0.011	1	0
HIV diagnosed
Less than a year ago	19.79 (40192.96)	1.000	3.9410^10 [0–]	0.005	1	0
1–3 years ago	0.19 (1.11)	0.858	1.22 [0.13–10.82]		5	1
Start of ART
Less than a year ago	−0.32 (1.17)	0.779	0.72 [0.07–7.16]	0.001	3	1
1–3 years ago	0.18 (1.11)	0.870	1.20 [0.13–10.65]		5	1
Disclosure of HIV status
No	0.38 (1.09)	0.728	1.46 [0.17–12.612]	0.001	6	1
Educational intervention received
No	−1.50 (0.84)	0.075	0.22 [0.04–1.16]	0.028	3	3