Table 3: Crudes and adjusted Odds Ratio (OR) for predictors of HRQOL at JUMC and TASH.
| Characteristics |
Quality of life |
COR (95% CI) |
P-Value |
AOR (95% CI) |
P-Value |
| Poor |
Good |
| Socio-demographic |
| Age (years) (mean age± SD) |
38.1 (+11.3) |
32.6 (+8.2) |
1.1 [1.01-1.11] |
0.01 |
1.03 [0.96-1.1] |
0.38 |
| Occupation |
Employed |
16 |
28 |
|
0.00 |
|
0.02 |
| Unemployed |
40 |
11 |
6.4 [2.57-15.76] |
4.1 [1.23-13.64] |
| Income (ETB) |
>5000 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
0.03 |
1 |
0.06 |
| <1500 |
27 |
9 |
4.0 [1.09-14.67] |
5.3 [0.91-30.7] |
| Psychosocial |
| HIV disclosure |
Yes |
28 |
10 |
2.9 [1.19-7.1] |
0.02 |
1.6 [0.48-5.35] |
0.45 |
| No |
28 |
29 |
1 |
1 |
| Support from family |
Yes |
23 |
30 |
1 |
0.001 |
1 |
0.04 |
| No |
33 |
9 |
4.8 [1.9-11.1] |
3.6 [1.05-12.6] |
| Co-morbidity |
No |
30 |
34 |
1 |
0.001 |
1 |
0.039 |
| Yes |
26 |
5 |
5.9 [2.01-17.27] |
4.2 [1.08-16.65] |
| HIV sero-status |
Known |
51 |
30 |
3.01[0.94-9.9] |
0.064 |
4.6 [0.92-22.8] |
0.063 |
| New |
5 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
COR: Crude Odds Ratio, AOD: Adjusted Odds Ratio