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Table 1 Alcohol use, adherence and health-related quality of life during ART

From: Associations between alcohol use disorders and adherence to antiretroviral treatment and quality of life amongst people living with HIV/AIDS

 

All

Duration of ART

Not-yet

<=1 year

1; <=2 year

2; <=4 year

4; <=7 year

1. AUD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

AUDIT-C Score

2.0

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.1

2.4

2.1

2.3

1.8

2.1

2.0

2.5

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

At-risk drinking

306

30.1

46

40.4

70

35.7

43

29.9

67

24.8

80

27.4

Binge drinking

227

22.3

28

24.6

40

20.4

33

22.9

65

24.1

61

20.9

2. HRQOL Domain scores

AUD

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Performance

No

 

12.8***

2.2

12.3**

2.5

12.8**

2.1

13.2***

2.3

13.0***

2.2

 

Yes

 

11.6

1.9

11.5

2.4

12.0

2.1

12.2

2.3

12.2

2.1

Physical

No

 

13.8**

2.8

12.7**

3.3

13.9**

2.8

13.8**

2.7

13.7***

3.0

 

Yes

 

12.5

3.4

11.8

3.2

12.8

3.3

12.9

3.7

12.5

2.9

Morbidity

No

 

12.5

3.9

12.3

3.3

12.6

3.1

12.9

3.7

13.2*

3.6

 

Yes

 

12.5

3.7

12.2

3.4

12.9

3.3

13.1

3.5

12.6

3.5

Social

No

 

12.0***

2.9

11.0*

3.4

11.6**

3.4

11.6***

3.4

11.4*

3.3

 

Yes

 

10.3

3.2

10.3

3.1

10.3

3.4

10.4

3.2

10.8

3.2

Spirituality

No

 

12.9***

2.9

12.5***

2.9

13.1***

2.8

13.1**

2.7

13.2***

2.8

 

Yes

 

11.3

2.9

11.2

2.7

11.7

2.9

12.1

3.5

11.9

2.6

Environment

No

 

14.2***

2.5

13.6***

2.8

14.7***

2.5

14.4***

2.7

14.2***

2.6

 

Yes

 

12.6

3.3

12.4

2.8

12.7

2.9

13.0

3.4

13.2

2.9

3. ART Adherence

AUD

   

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean VAS score

No

   

94.9

8.5

95.3***

7.7

94.9

7.9

96.6***

4.8

 

Yes

   

94.1

8.5

90.3

11.6

93.8

8.0

92.1

10.3

% Non-adherence

    

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

 

No

   

23

21.3

18

19.2***

48

24.0

34

16.4***

 

Yes

   

17

28.3

19

44.2

19

28.4

26

32.5

  1. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1 (Student-t test were used for comparing 2 means. Chi square tests were used for comparing 2 proportions).
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