Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants of the all study compared to those who didn’t attend the third interview
From: Quality of life in persons living with HIV in Burkina Faso: a follow-up over 12 months
Characteristics at baseline | Third interview participants (n = 351a) | Participants who didn’t attend 3rd interview (n = 73a) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
% | % | ||
Age (mean) in years | 37.5 ± 8.2 | 37.8 ± 10.0 | 0.81 |
Gender | 0.99 | ||
Male | 12.5 | 12.5 | |
Female | 87.5 | 87.5 | |
Marital status | 0.94 | ||
Alone | 55.3 | 54.8 | |
In couple | 44.7 | 45.2 | |
Matrimonial system | 0.41 | ||
Monogamus | 75.4 | 68.6 | |
Polygamous | 24.6 | 31.4 | |
Level of education | 0.57 | ||
Illiterate | 32.2 | 35.6 | |
Literate | 67.8 | 64.4 | |
Religion | 0.42 | ||
Muslims | 44.3 | 37.0 | |
Catholics | 41.1 | 49.6 | |
Protestants | 14.6 | 13.7 | |
Profession | 0.03 | ||
Public, private employee | 16.2 | 15.1 | |
Trade & informal sector | 52.4 | 42.5 | |
Housewives | 23.6 | 23.3 | |
Farmers | 2.0 | 8.2 | |
Students | 2.3 | 5.5 | |
Jobless | 3.4 | 5.5 | |
HIV services provider | 0.79 | ||
Hospital | 67.0 | 68.5 | |
Community-based | 33.0 | 31.5 | |
HAART status | 0.01 | ||
Under treatment | 76.2 | 63.0 | |
No treatment | 23.8 | 37.0 | |
Sexual behavior | 0.36 | ||
Risky | 38.5 | 44.3 | |
No risk | 61.5 | 55.7 |