Table 1: Socio-demographic, clinical, and psychosocial characteristics of study participants by general QoL (poor vs. good).
| Variable |
Poor QoL |
Good QoL |
Total |
p-value * |
| Sex |
Female |
34 (60.7%) |
22 (39.3%) |
56 (58.9%) |
0.67 |
| Male |
22 (56.4%) |
17 (43.6%) |
39 (41.1%) |
| Age in years, mean (+SD) |
38.1 (11.3) |
32.6 (8.2) |
35.8 (10.4) |
0.01 |
| Residence |
Urban |
43 (58.9%) |
30 (41.1%) |
73 (76.8) |
0.98 |
| Rural |
13 (59.1%) |
9 (40.9%) |
22 (23.2) |
| Current CD4 count mean (+SD) |
305 (315) |
278 (292) |
293 (303.4) |
0.68 |
| HIV sero-status |
Known |
51 (63%) |
30 (37%) |
81 (85.3) |
0.056 |
| New |
5 (35.7%) |
9 (64.3%) |
14 (14.7) |
| Time since HIV diagnosis in years, mean (+SD) |
4.1 (4.1) |
4.9 (4.2) |
4.5 (4.1) |
0.36 |
| cART status |
Yes |
49 (61.3%) |
31(38.8%) |
80 (84.2) |
0.29 |
| No |
7 (46.7%) |
8 (53.3%) |
15 (15.8) |
| Occupation |
Employed |
16 (36.4%) |
28 (63.6%) |
44 (46.3) |
<0.001 |
| Unemployed |
40 (78.4%) |
11 (21.6%) |
51 (53.7) |
| Co-morbidity |
Yes |
26 (83.9%) |
5 (16.1%) |
31 (32.6) |
0.001 |
| No |
30 (46.9%) |
34 (53.1%) |
64 (67.4) |
| HIV disclosure |
Yes |
28 (73.7%) |
10 (26.3) |
38 (40) |
0.01 |
| No |
28 (49.1%) |
29 (50.9%) |
57 (60) |
| Support from family |
Yes |
23 (43.4%) |
30 (56.6%) |
53 (55.8) |
0.001 |
| No |
33 (78.6%) |
9 (21.4%) |
42 (44.2) |
*P-values are from the chi-square tests for the categorical variables (sex, residence, HIV serostatus, cART status, co-morbidity, HIV disclosure, support from family); and from independent t-tests for the continuous variables (age, CD4 count, time since HIV diagnosis), using significance level of 0.05.