Disclosure status (N = 231)  
Yes (n = 81)                        No (n = 150)
Variables n % n % COR (95% CI) P- Value AOR (95% CI) P- Value
Caregivers’ variables Address                
Bahir Dar 70 40.5 103 59.5 2.90 (1.40,5.98) 0.004 1.42 (0.44, 4.64) 0.557
Outside Bahir  Dar* 11 19.0 47 81.0 1.00   1.00  
Residence                
Urban 78 38.0 127 62.0 4.71 (1.37, 16.20) 0.014 5.40 (0.00, 14.45) 0.879
Rural 3 11.5 23 88.5 1.00   1.00  
Religion                
Orthodox 74 37.8 122 62.2 2.42 (1.01, 5.83) 0.048 4.27 (1.24, 14.73) 0.021
Others ** 7 20.0 28 80.0 1.00   1.00  
Marital status                
Single 15 48.4 16 51.67 2.67 (1.19, 6.09) 0.018 1.15 (0.36, 3.66) 0.811
Married 30 25.9 86 4.1 1.46 (0.57, 3.76)   0.48 (0.12, 1.83)  
Divorced 16 39.0 25 61.0   1.08 (0.43, 2.71)   0.21 (0.05, 0.81)  
Widowed 20 46.5 23 53.5 1.00   1.00  
Occupation                
Farmer
Employed  
Unemployed
3
23
55
11.5
40.4
37.2
23
34
93
88.5
59.6
62.8
1.00
5.19 (1.39, 19.30)
1.14 (0.61, 2.14)
0.014 1.00
1.72 (0.00, 4.45)
1.69 (0.69, 4.18)
0.961
Relation
Parents (Biological)
Related relatives
Orphaned children

56
16
9

29.8
55.2
64.3

132
13
5

70.2
44.8
35.7

1.00
1.46 (0.39, 5.45)
4.24 (1.36, 13.23)

0.013

1.00
4.32 (0.77, 24.13)
1.98 (0.41, 9.61)

0.397
Family number
<3
>3

67
14

32.4
58.3

140
10

67.6
41.7

1.00
2.92 (1.23, 6.93)

0.015

1.00
3.73 (1.11, 12.48)

0.033
HIV status
Negative
Positive

23
58

54.8
30.7

19
131

45.2
69.3

2.73 (1.38, 5.40)
1.00

0.004

2.68 (0.67, 11.13)
1.00

0.174
Children’s variables Age
6 – 9 years
10 – 14 years

9
27

8.1
60.0

102
48

91.9
40.0

1.00
17.0 (7.85, 36.84)

0.00

1.00
9.87 (3.47, 28.07)

0.000
Age at diagnosis of HIV
1 – 5 years
6 – 11 years

37
44

24.8
53.7

112
38

75.2
46.3

1.00
3.50 (1.98, 6.21)

0.000

1.00
0.32 (0.10, 1.03)

0.056
Age when ART was initiated
1 – 5 years
6 – 11 years    

23
58

18.7
53.7

100
50

81.3
46.3

1.00
5.04 (2.79, 9.10)

0.000

1.00
6.15 (1.76, 21.50)

0.004
Duration on ART
1 – 5 years
6 – 12 years

48
33

27.3
60.0

128
22

72.7
40.0

1.00
4.00 (2.12, 7.53)

0.000

1.00
5.40 (1.87, 15.55)

0.002
Schooling
Yes
No

80
1

38.3
4.5

129
21

61.7
95.5

13.02 (1.72, 98.71)
1.00

0.013

4.45 (0.21, 95.67)
1.00

0.341
*Gondar, Dangla, Merawi, Zegie, and others
**Muslim and Protestant
COR – crude odds ratio AOR – adjusted odds ratio CI – confidence interval
Table 3: Bivariate and multivariate analysis of challenges and factors of caregivers preventing disclosure of HIV positive status to heir HIV infected children in pediatric ART clinics, Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia, 2013.
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