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Table 2 Health-related quality of life by selected socio-demographic and patient support variables

From: Highly active antiretroviral treatment and health related quality of life in South African adults with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A cross-sectional analytical study

 

Male (N = 128)

Female (N = 243)

P

Unemployed (N = 317)

Employed (N = 54)

P

No Physical caregiver (N = 239)

Physical caregiver (N = 131)

P

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

Mobility

         

   No problems

95 (74)

196 (81)

0.031*

243 (77)

48 (89)

0.15*

194 (81)

97 (74)

0.031*

   Some problems

28 (22)

45 (19)

 

68 (21)

5 (9)

 

43 (18)

29 (22)

 

   Severe problems

5 (4)

2 (1)

 

6 (2)

1 (2)

 

2 (1)

5 (4)

 

Self care

         

   No problems

112 (88)

225 (93)

0.23*

286 (90)

51 (94)

0.32*

224 (94)

112 (86)

0.001*

   Some problems

10 (8)

14 (6)

 

22 (7)

2 (4)

 

11 (5)

13 (10)

 

   Severe problems

6 (5)

4 (2)

 

9 (3)

1 (2)

 

4 (2)

6 (5)

 

Usual activities**

         

   No problems

92 (72)

197 (81)

0.034*

242 (77)

47 (87)

0.040*

195 (82)

94 (72)

0.06*

   Some problems

24 (19)

37 (15)

 

55 (17)

6 (11)

 

35 (15)

25 (19)

 

   Severe problems

12 (9)

8 (3)

 

19 (6)

1 (2)

 

8 (3)

12 (9)

 

Pain/discomfort

         

   None

71 (55)

136 (56)

0.84*

167 (53)

40 (74)

0.009*

143 (60)

64 (49)

0.012*

   Some

47 (37)

93 (38)

 

126 (40)

14 (26)

 

89 (37)

50 (38)

 

   Severe

10 (8)

14 (6)

 

24 (8)

0 (0)

 

7 (3)

17 (13)

 

Depression/anxiety

         

   None

80 (63)

168 (69)

0.28*

210 (66)

38 (70)

0.56*

170 (71)

78 (60)

0.006*

   Some

34 (27)

60 (25)

 

82 (26)

12 (22)

 

54 (23)

39 (30)

 

   Severe

14 (11)

15 (6)

 

25 (8)

4 (7)

 

15 (6)

14 (11)

 
 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

 

Index Score

0.85 (0.69–1)

0.85 (0.73–1)

0.27&

0.85 (0.69–1)

1 (0.73–1)

0.027&

1 (0.73–1)

0.80 (0.62–1)

0.001&

VAS score

60 (50–80)

70 (50–80)

0.08&

60 (50–80)

70 (60–83)

0.003&

70 (50–80)

60 (50–73)

0.004&

  1. * Ordinal logistic regression adjusted for intraclinic clustering of outcomes
  2. ** Information missing for 1 respondent
  3. &Wilcoxon rank sum test
  4. Percentages for some dimensions do not add up to 100% because of rounding errors