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Table 3 Medical Outcomes Survey subscales and mean HRQoL scores among 133 tuberculosis participants in Kampala, Uganda, 2007-2008

From: Feasibility, reliability and validity of health-related quality of life questionnaire among adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients in urban Uganda: cross-sectional study

 

Hospitals (n = 133)

Gender (n = 133)

HIV status (n = 129)1

MOS Subscale

Public (n = 67)

Private (n = 66)

Men (n = 67)

Women (n = 66)

HIV sero-positive (n = 64)

HIV sero-negative (n = 65)

Perceived health

31.4 ± 18.2

45.2 ± 31.4b

40.8 ± 27.1

35.6 ± 25.6

41.3 ± 26.6

36.3 ± 26.4

Bodily pain

62.4 ± 28.5

55.0 ± 26.2

60.4 ± 29.0

57.0 ± 26.2

58.6 ± 28.5

59.0 ± 27.2

Quality of life

53.7 ± 20.5

54.5 ± 34.2

53.7 ± 27.6

54.5 ± 28.7

55.1 ± 26.8

55.4 ± 28.8

Role functioning

52.2 ± 45.6

60.6 ± 39.7

59.0 ± 43.5

53.8 ± 42.3

55.5 ± 44.6

57.7 ± 41.7

Social functioning

74.0 ± 33.0

70.6 ± 29.2

72.8 ± 31.7

71.8 ± 30.8

71.9 ± 31.6

72.0 ± 31.4

Vitality

62.1 ± 19.9

62.7 ± 24.6

63.6 ± 23.5

61.1 ± 21.0

62.8 ± 22.6

61.9 ± 22.3

Mental health

73.4 ± 19.8

67.9 ± 22.4

71.4 ± 23.9

70.0 ± 22.8

72.1 ± 24.3

69.5 ± 22.7

Health distress

84.2 ± 21.4

69.5 ± 30.8b

79.3 ± 26.5

74.4 ± 28.3

77.7 ± 27.5

76.1 ± 28.0

Cognitive function

86.0 ± 18.2

85.6 ± 17.4

84.5 ± 18.9

87.2 ± 16.4

83.2 ± 19.3

88.2 ± 16.1

Physical functioning

75.5 ± 20.3

71.8 ± 27.6

76.5 ± 24.0

70.8 ± 24.3

74.3 ± 23.4

73.8 ± 23.9

Health transition

71.3 ± 23.9

76.5 ± 30.0

72.8 ± 27.1

75.0 ± 27.4

75.8 ± 24.8

73.1 ± 29.7

PHS

65.4 ± 21.3

64.3 ± 25.1

67.0 ± 24.1

62.8 ± 22.2

65.1 ± 24.1

65.0 ± 22.4

MHS

67.8 ± 14.7

66.9 ± 24.8

68.2 ± 20.5

66.5 ± 20.2

68.3 ± 21.5

66.8 ± 19.7

Visual analogue scale

65.0 ± 13.9

72.2 ± 14.6b

69.1 ± 16.1

68.0 ± 13.1

67.6 ± 14.7

69.8 ± 14.9

  1. 1Four were of unknown HIV status; bp-value <0.05. MOS = Medical Outcome Survey, HRQoL = Health-related quality of life. Comparisons were made using Wilcoxon-Mann Whitney test.