Assessing the psychometric properties of the French WHOQOL-HIV BREF within the ANRS CO3 Aquitaine Cohort’s QuAliV ancillary study

Table 7 Known-group validity of the WHOQOL-HIV BREF instrument according to CDC clinical categories for HIV infection

	N	A			N	B			N	C			F
		N = 330				N = 136				N = 117
Overall QoL and Health		Mean	95% CI			Mean	95% CI			Mean	95% CI
General QoL^a (N = 586)	333	3.78	3.70	3.86	136	3.57	3.44	3.71	117	3.50	3.35	3.64	7.09**
General Health Perception^a (N = 586)	333	3.67	3.57	3.76	136	3.36	3.19	3.53	117	3.43	3.25	3.60	6.46**
Domain
I. Physical health^a (N = 574)	326	14.55	14.25	14.86	135	13.61	13.09	14.14	113	13.63	13.06	14.20	7.11**
II. Psychological health^a (N = 569)	324	13.98	13.67	14.28	132	13.21	12.73	13.68	113	13.51	12.99	14.02	3.98*
III. Level of independence^a (N = 560)	317	15.18	14.82	15.55	131	13.92	13.26	14.57	112	14.00	13.38	14.62	8.73**
IV. Social relations^a (N = 557)	316	14.12	13.78	14.45	131	13.43	12.89	13.96	110	13.88	13.35	14.41	2.42
V. Environmental health^a (N = 557)	318	14.68	14.42	14.94	130	14.05	13.57	14.52	109	13.86	13.33	14.39	5.62**
VI. Spirituality/religion and personal beliefs^a (N = 570)	325	15.30	14.95	15.66	132	14.53	13.95	15.11	113	14.90	14.26	15.55	2.63

ANOVA; * p < 0.01 ** p < 0.001
^aCategory A is significantly different than category B based on T-test; No differences detected between B and C categories

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