Predictors of significant psychological distress during the period of surveillance (dependent variable: symptomatic during the programme)
| Covariate | OR (95% CI) | P value |
| Age | 0.99 (0.97 to 1.00) | 0.022* |
| Variable | ||
| Education | ||
| Post-high school | (Reference) | |
| High school and below | 1.31 (0.97 to 1.76) | 0.74 |
| Employment status | ||
| Unemployed/retired | (Reference) | |
| Employed | 0.89 (0.68 to 1.18) | 0.42 |
| Disclosure to family | ||
| Yes | (Reference) | |
| No | 0.91 (0.70 to 1.19) | 0.50 |
| Mode of transmission | ||
| Heterosexual sex | (Reference) | |
| Non-heterosexual sex and others | 1.15 (0.84 to 1.57) | 0.38 |
| History of anxiety/depression | ||
| No | (Reference) | |
| Yes | 3.46 (2.27 to 5.27) | <0.001*** |
| First CD4 (cells/μL) | ||
| ≥200 | (Reference) | |
| <200 | 1.20 (0.90 to 1.60) | 0.23 |
| Presence of comorbid conditions | ||
| No | (Reference) | |
| Yes | 0.77 (0.57 to 1.05) | 0.095 |
| History of smoking | ||
| No | (Reference) | |
| Yes | 1.29 (0.98 to 1.69) | 0.067 |
| History of alcohol use | ||
| No | (Reference) | |
| Yes | 0.66 (0.49 to 0.90) | 0.008** |
| History of substance use | ||
| No | (Reference) | |
| Yes | 1.31 (0.90 to 1.92) | 0.16 |
Created by the authors.
Hosmer and Lemeshow, χ2=5.44, df=8, p=0.71.
*P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001.