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Table 4 aDeterminants of HRQOL among HIV positive adult patients attending HIV clinic at ABUTH Zaria, 2015 (n = 353)

From: Determinants of health-related quality of life among human immunodeficiency virus positive (HIV-positive) patients at Ahmadu Bello University teaching hospital, Zaria, Nigeria- 2015

Variables

AOR (CI)

p-value

Age (Years)

 0–34

1.06 (063, 1.78)

0.820

  ≥ 35

1.00

 

Sex

 Male

1.29 (0.76, 2.19)

0.337

 Female

1.00

 

Religion

 Islam

0.98 (0.58, 1.63)

0.930

 Christianity

1.00

 

Marital status

 Married

1.19 (0.64, 2.21)

0.580

 Not married

1.00

 

Educational status

 Secondary/Tertiary

1.20 (0.69,2.11)

0.520

 Qur’anic/Primary/None

1.00

 

Occupation

 Employed

1.23 (0.66, 2.31)

0.513

 Not employed

1.00

 

Spousal HIV status

 Positive

b3.37 (1.46, 7.74)

0.004

 Negative

1.00

 

Disease Stage

 Not Advance Disease

0.80 (0.41, 1.58)

0.525

 Advance Disease

1.00

 

Comorbidities

 Present

0.29 (0.06, 1.43)

0.124

 Absent

  

Family Functionality

 Functional Family

b2.57 (1.51, 4.39)

< 0.001

 Dysfunctional Family

1.00

 
  1. a Multivariate- logistic regression analysis. b Major determinants of HRQOL