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Table 4 Changing of Overall QOL Scores after 12 months of ART and influencing factors by Univariate analysis

From: Peer support and improved quality of life among persons living with HIV on antiretroviral treatment: A randomised controlled trial from north-eastern Vietnam

Factors

Patients at Clinical stage 1 & 2

Patients at Clinical stage 3 & 4

  

Mean of difference

P value*

Mean of difference

P value*

Sex

Male

−1.1149

0.078

0.2227

0.114

 

Female

2.8786

 

3.8161

 

Age

>35

−1.3867

0.314

2.1975

0.495

 

= < 35

1.1114

 

0.6329

 

Occupation

Unemployed

3.3500

0.24

1.4333

0.891

 

Employed

−0.1549

 

1.1775

 

Education

Secondary or less

1.7457

0.3080

−1.0789

0.046

 

High school or higher

−0.5413

 

3.2161

 

Having children

Yes

2.5875

0.033

1.2738

0.913

 

No

−2.1327

 

1.0379

 

Income/month

≥30USD

3.2469

0.086

1.2500

0.958

 

<30USD

−0.9197

 

1.1220

 

Other PLHIV in the family

Yes

1.2143

0.520

3.1725

0.184

 

No

−0.2217

 

0.1392

 

Someone in family died of AIDS

Yes

0.7192

0.882

7.4926

0.001

 

No

0.3313

 

0.7000

 

Own a house

Yes

3.6938

0.069

3.2419

0.253

 

No

−0.6671

 

0.4126

 

Social support

High

0.3203

0.919

2.3629

0.245

 

Low

0.5464

 

−0.1509

 

Hepatitis C and/or B

Yes

−5.9522

0.002

−2.3833

0.034

 

No

2.3880

 

2.6185

 

Alcohol use

Yes

−1.0579

0.295

0.7488

0.786

 

No

1.5386

 

1.3727

 

History IDU

Yes

−0.6667

0.356

0.0873

0.358

 

No

1.3828

 

2.0797

 

Current IDU

Yes

1.8875

0.711

−1.400

0.499

 

No

0.3079

 

1.3682

 

Intervention

Yes

−0.8196

0.248

3.2984

0.034

 

No

1.7377

 

−1.2482

 
  1. *: T-test for mean comparison of independent samples.