Table 1 Background, socio-demographic, and selected clinical characteristic of study participants
ART/study site | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Atua Government Hospital | 146 | 27.0 |
St Martin’s Martins de Porres Hospital | 148 | 27.4 |
Tema General Hospital | 93 | 17.2 |
Fevers Unit, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital | 153 | 28.3 |
Place of residence | ||
 Urban | 275 | 50.9 |
 Rural | 265 | 49.1 |
Sex of respondent | ||
 Male | 140 | 25.9 |
 Female | 400 | 74.1 |
Religious affiliation of respondent | ||
 Not religious | 10 | 1.9 |
 Christian | 485 | 89.8 |
 Muslim | 43 | 7.9 |
 Traditionalist | 2 | 0.4 |
Respondent’s level of education | ||
 No formal education | 109 | 20.1 |
 Primary | 123 | 22.9 |
 JHS | 170 | 31.4 |
 SHS/vocational | 102 | 18.9 |
 Post secondary/tertiary | 36 | 6.7 |
Total | 509 | 100.0 |
Age1 | ||
 18–19 | 5 | 0.9 |
 20–24 | 12 | 2.2 |
 25–35 | 126 | 23.3 |
 36–60 | 374 | 69.3 |
 61 or older | 23 | 4.3 |
Does respondent have an adherence monitor | ||
 Yes | 293 | 54.5 |
 No | 245 | 45.5 |
 Total | 538 | 100.0 |
Physiologic status of female respondents | ||
 Pregnant | 10 | 2.8 |
 Lactating | 14 | 3.9 |
 Not pregnant | 333 | 93.3 |
 Total | 357 | 100.0 |
Body mass index (BMI)2 (kg/m2) | ||
 Underweight (BMI < 18.50) | 53 | 12.2 |
 Normal weight (BMI 18.50–24.99) | 236 | 54.1 |
 Overweight (BMI 25.00–29.99) | 99 | 22.7 |
 Class I obesity (BMI 30.00–34.99) | 29 | 6.7 |
 Class II obesity (BMI 35.00–39.99) | 11 | 2.5 |
 Class III obesity (BMI > 40.00) | 8 | 1.8 |
 Total | 436 | 100.0 |
CD4+ cell count3 | ||
 CD4+ cell count < 350 | 235 | 47.3 |
 CD4+ cell count ≥350 | 262 | 52.7 |
 Total | 497 | 100.0 |
Hemoglobin concentration (g/dl)4 | ||
 Anemic < 11.0 g/dl | 239 | 46.4 |
 Normal/Hb ≥ 11.0 g/dl | 276 | 53.6 |
 Total | 515 | 100.0 |