Low-transition rates in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adolescents: A cross-sectional mixed study of pediatric to adult care transition in Uganda

Table 3 Psychosocial factors associated with transition into adulthood human immunodeficiency virus care, n (%)

Variable (n = 261)	Category	Frequency/percent
Ever felt disgraced because of your HIV status	No	117 (44.8)
	Yes	144 (55.2)
Ever encountered disgrace to you because of your HIV status	No	154 (59.0)
	Yes	107 (41.0)
Place you face this disgrace/humiliation	Home	13 (5.0)
	Work	5 (1.9)
	School	145 (55.6)
	Among relatives	70 (26.8)
	Community activity	28 (10.7)
Ever been discriminated/denied anything because of your HIV status	No	152 (58.2)
	Yes	109 (41.8)
Place of discrimination against	Home	39 (15.0)
	Work	13 (5.0)
	School	89 (34.1)
	Among relatives	89 (34.1)
	Community activity	16 (6.1)
	Others	15 (5.7)
People you socialize with as peers	Fellow clients	37 (14.2)
	School mates	134 (51.3)
	Workmates	38 (14.6)
	Social clubs	52 (19.9)
Peers affect your decision in transitioning from adolescent to adult antiretroviral therapy care	No	153 (58.6)
	Yes	108 (41.4)
How they affect your decision in transitioning from adolescent to adult care	Encourage it	161 (61.7)
	Discourage it	63 (24.1)
	May prevent it	37 (14.2)
Disclosed your HIV status to anyone	No	50 (19.2)
	Yes	211 (80.8)
Person to whom you disclosed your HIV status	Relatives	85 (32.6)
	Peers	112 (42.9)
	Workmates	15 (5.70)
	Sexual partner(s)	49 (18.8)
Reasons for not disclosing your status	Fear of rejection	109 (41.7)
	Fear of ill treatment	28 (10.7)
	Not necessary	52 (20.0)
	Fear of loss of respect	26 (10.0)
	Fear of loss of social status	46 (17.6)
Difficulty in disclosing status to peer	Very difficult	39 (15.0)
	Difficult	61 (23.4)
	Not difficult	102 (39.0)
	Easy	59 (22.6)
Difficulty in disclosing status to partner	Very difficult	48 (18.4)
	Difficult	92 (35.2)
	Not difficult	78 (29.9)
	Easy	43 (16.5)
Think you need to transition from Adolescent clinic to adult clinic	No	115 (44.1)
	Yes	146 (55.9)
Reasons for needing to transition to the adult clinic	I’m of age	170 (65.1)
	Health workers say I should	39 (14.9)
	Peers say I should	11 (4.0)
	I don’t fit in adolescent clinic	41 (16.0)

HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus.