TY - JOUR
T1 - Demographic predictors of HIV serostatus among HIV counseling and testing clients in rural Nigeria
AU - Akinwande, Oluyemisi A.
AU - Ele, Prince U.
AU - Gebi, Usman I.
AU - Igboelina, Donald O.
AU - Dakum, Patrick S.
AU - Alkan, Michael
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receiving no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The HIV counseling and testing services at Nnewi is supported by PEPFAR through cooperative agreement from HSS CDC Division of Global HIV AIDS to the University Of Maryland Institute Of Human Virology.
PY - 2012/12/1
Y1 - 2012/12/1
N2 - Nnewi is a rural Nigerian town with a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counseling and testing center which tests about 120 clients/d. The objective of this study is to determine the factors predicting positive HIV status at Nnewi. Review of records was done with age, gender, marital status, and occupation as variables. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors linked to a positive HIV test. Overall HIV prevalence was 31.14%. Drivers and married clients had a high risk of being HIV+ (odds ratio [OR], 3.59; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.17-5.96 and OR, 2.78; 95% CI, 2.42-3.19). Housewives were 2 times more likely to be positive (OR, 2.11; 95% CI, 1.35-3.29). After adjustment, females had 22% higher risk (OR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.03-1.45) with the highest chance found in married females (OR, 6.70; 95% CI, 4.45-10.09). The study succeeded in panning out an unexpected risk group: married women. Drivers have been known to be a risk group. Preventive methods must be tailored to and acceptable by each risk group.
AB - Nnewi is a rural Nigerian town with a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counseling and testing center which tests about 120 clients/d. The objective of this study is to determine the factors predicting positive HIV status at Nnewi. Review of records was done with age, gender, marital status, and occupation as variables. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors linked to a positive HIV test. Overall HIV prevalence was 31.14%. Drivers and married clients had a high risk of being HIV+ (odds ratio [OR], 3.59; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.17-5.96 and OR, 2.78; 95% CI, 2.42-3.19). Housewives were 2 times more likely to be positive (OR, 2.11; 95% CI, 1.35-3.29). After adjustment, females had 22% higher risk (OR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.03-1.45) with the highest chance found in married females (OR, 6.70; 95% CI, 4.45-10.09). The study succeeded in panning out an unexpected risk group: married women. Drivers have been known to be a risk group. Preventive methods must be tailored to and acceptable by each risk group.
KW - HCT
KW - HIV
KW - Nigeria
KW - Nnewi
KW - PEPFAR
KW - counseling
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U2 - 10.1177/1545109712454193
DO - 10.1177/1545109712454193
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84869045096
SN - 1545-1097
VL - 11
SP - 366
EP - 368
JO - Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
JF - Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
IS - 6
ER -