Table 3

Unadjusted and adjusted modelling of predictors of discussions regarding sexual activity and contraception

		Unadjusted	Adjusted
Characteristic	Level	[uRR (95% CI) p]	[aRR (95% CI) p]
Predictors of documented discussion of whether sexually active
Age	–	0.97 (0.95–0.99) 0.006	0.99 (0.97–1.01) 0.228
Current ARV	PI	Ref	Ref
	NNRTI	0.65 (0.42–1.00) 0.049	0.70 (0.48–1.03) 0.069
	II	1.08 (0.47–2.47) 0.858	1.16 (0.82–1.64) 0.399
	Other	0.72 (0.34–1.54) 0.396	0.94 (0.43–2.06) 0.873
	No ARV	1.00 (0.67–1.49) 0.994	0.97 (0.66–1.43) 0.876
Previous pregnancy	–	1.53 (1.13–2.06) 0.005	1.25 (0.96–1.62) 0.100
Relationship status	Not in relationship	Ref	Ref
	In relationship	1.21 (0.83–1.78) 0.327	1.15 (0.77–1.73) 0.483
	Unknown	0.05 (0.01–0.39) 0.004	0.07 (0.01–0.57) 0.012
Gender of doctor	Female	0.40 (0.30–0.51) <0.001	0.77 (0.58–1.03) 0.080
	Male	Ref	Ref
Year of diagnosis (continuous)	–	1.04 (1.01–1.07) 0.027	1.00 (0.98–1.03) 0.740
Predictors of documented discussion about contraception
Age	–	0.97 (0.94–1.00) 0.08	1.00 (0.97–1.04) 0.98
Current ARV	PI	Ref
	NNRTI	1.10 (0.56–2.15) 0.80
	II	1.26 (0.24–6.70) 0.80
	Other	0.95 (0.26–3.43) 0.93
	No ARV	1.68 (0.85–3.35) 0.14
Previous pregnancy	–	2.00 (1.18–3.38) 0.01
Documented discussion about sexual activity	–	9.95 (3.3–30.8) <0.001	3.68 (1.05–12.85) 0.04
Using contraception	No	Ref	Ref
	Yes	1.53 (0.84–2.78) 0.16	1.78 (1.00–3.19) 0.05
	Unknown	0.11 (0.04–0.33) <0.001	0.22 (0.06–0.82) 0.024
Gender of doctor	Male	Ref	Ref
	Female	1.51 (0.66–3.50) 0.33	1.19 (0.80–1.78) 0.40
	No regular doctor	1.23 (0.39–3.86) 0.73	1.24 (0.72–2.13) 0.44

aRR, adjusted risk ratio; ARV, anti retroviral; CI, confidence interval; II, integrase inhibitor; PI, protease inhibitor; NNRTI, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; Ref, reference; uRR, unadjusted risk ratio.