Relationship between socioeconomic status and HIV infection in a rural tertiary health center
| Autor: | Michael Adeyemi Olamoyegun, Yusuf Olatunji Oladosu, Olarinde Jeffrey Ogunmola |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Low income
Gerontology Epidemiology Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Nigeria Dermatology Logistic regression medicine.disease_cause HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care socioeconomic status Virology medicine Socioeconomic status Original Research education Monthly income business.industry Health Policy Rural health Educational attainment income Infectious Diseases Marital status employment status business HIV infections Demography |
| Zdroj: | HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) |
| ISSN: | 1179-1373 |
| Popis: | Olarinde Jeffrey Ogunmola,1 Yusuf Olatunji Oladosu,2 Michael Adeyemi Olamoyegun31Cardiac Care Centre, Department of Internal Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria, 3Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Ladoke-Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, NigeriaBackground: There is a scarcity of data in rural health centers in Nigeria regarding the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and HIV infection. We investigated this relationship using indicators of SES.Methods: An analytical case-control study was conducted in the HIV clinic of a rural tertiary health center. Data collection included demographic variables, educational attainment, employment status, monthly income, marital status, and religion. HIV was diagnosed by conventional methods. Data were analyzed with the SPSS version 16 software.Results: A total of 115 (48.5%) HIV-negative subjects with a mean age of 35.49±7.63 years (range: 15–54 years), and 122 (51.5%) HIV-positive subjects with a mean age of 36.35±8.31 years (range: 15–53 years) were involved in the study. Participants consisted of 47 (40.9%) men and 68 (59.1%) women who were HIV negative. Those who were HIV positive consisted of 35 (28.7%) men and 87 (71.3%) women. Attainment of secondary school levels of education, and all categories of monthly income showed statistically significant relationships with HIV infection (P=0.018 and P |
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