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. 2026 Oct 6;14:1966184. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1966184

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics and floor/ceiling effects for MOS-HIV domain and summary scores.

Domain scores (0–100) Mean ± SD Floor effect (%) Ceiling effect (%)
General health perceptions 61.17 ± 25.63 0.4 8.2
Physical functioning 86.92 ± 18.41 0 48.8
Role functioning 89.75 ± 27.55 7 86.5
Pain 79.6 ± 20.5 0.4 33.6
Social functioning 86.56 ± 24.2 1.2 69.3
Mental health 61.15 ± 21.72 0.4 3.3
Energy/fatigue 58.61 ± 23.11 0.4 3.3
Health distress 73.22 ± 27.39 1.6 25
Cognitive functioning 74.55 ± 22.81 0.4 17.2
Quality of life 63.83 ± 21.17 0 13.9
Health transition 57.89 ± 23.61 3.3 13.1
Physical health summary 54.49 ± 8.47 — —
Mental health summary 46.77 ± 11.78 — —

Physical and mental health summary scores are norm-based T-scores computed with the user’s manual algorithm and are not on the 0–100 metric of the domain scores; floor and ceiling effects are therefore not applicable (—).