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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of all participants by HIV status (n = 191)b

From: Validation of the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist – 5 (PCL-5) in a primary care population with high HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe

Characteristic

HIV positive (n = 91)

HIV negative (n = 100)

Logistic regressiona

 

N

%

N

%

OR

95% CI

p-value

Gender

      

0.02

 Male

19

20.9

9

9.0

1

 

 Female

72

79.1

91

91.0

0.37

(0.16–0.88)

 

Age group

      

< 0.001

  < 30

16

17.6

63

63.0

1

 

 30–39

33

36.3

26

26.0

5

(2.36–10.60)

 

 40+

42

46.2

11

11.0

15.03

(6.35–35.57)

 

Marital status

      

< 0.001

 Married

54

59.3

79

79.0

1

 

 Single

14

15.4

17

17.0

1.2

(0.55–2.65)

 

 Widowed

23

25.3

4

4.0

8.41

(2.75–25.70)

 

Education

      

0.009

 Less than ‘O’ level

45

49.5

31

31.0

1

 

 O′ level or more

43

50.6

69

69.0

0.46

(0.25–0.83)

 

Current employment status

      

0.11

 Unemployed

46

50.5

62

62.0

1

 

 Permanent FT or PT

8

8.8

3

3.0

3.59

(0.90–14.30)

 

 Casual/self-employed

37

40.7

35

35.0

1.42

(0.78–2.59)

 

Main income source

      

< 0.001

 Own business/salary

58

65.2

40

40.4

1

 

 Partner/family

22

24.7

51

51.5

0.3

(0.16–0.57)

 

 No income

9

10.1

8

8.1

0.78

(0.28–2.18)

 

Suffer from chronic illness

      

< 0.001

 No

10

11.0

66

66.0

1

 

 Yes

81

89.0

34

34.0

15.72

(7.23–34.18)

 

Reason for clinic visit

      

< 0.001

 HIV-related

37

40.7

1

1.0

1

  

 Routine/family/antenatal

34

37.4

54

54.0

0.02

(0.00–0.13)

 

 Other reason

20

22.0

45

45.0

0.01

(0.00–0.09)

 

Negative life events in last 6 months

      

0.21

 No

20

22.0

30

30.0

1

 

 Yes

71

78.0

70

70.0

1.52

(0.79–2.93)

 

SSQ ≥ 9

      

0.01

 No

46

50.6

68

68.7

1

  

 Yes

45

49.5

31

31.3

2.15

(1.19–3.87)

 

PCL ≥ 33

      

0.09

 No

49

53.8

66

66.0

1

  

 Yes

42

46.2

34

34.0

1.66

(0.93–2.98)

 
  1. aunivariate logistic regression for outcome HIV+
  2. bParticipants who did not know or reveal their HIV status excluded (n = 13)