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