Table 4.

Correlations of the ThQLHC scales with self-rated disease severity, care giver rating of child’s overall quality of life, clinical parameters and indicators of socio-economic status

	Self-rated disease severity (P-value)†	Care giver rating of child’s overall quality of life (P-value)†	Disability days‡	CD4 cells‡	CD4%‡	Log VL‡	CDC clinical classification†	Household income‡	Care giver’s years of education‡
Physical functioning	−0.211 **	0.115	−0.104	0.109	0.217 **	−0.047	−0.088	0.009	−0.108
Emotional functioning	−0.224 **	0.068	−0.081	0.055	0.100	−0.105	−0.121	−0.046	−0.004
Social functioning	−0.174 **	0.092	−0.115	−0.062	0.005	−0.106	−0.042	−0.076	−0.053
School functioning	−0.296 **	0.148 *	−0.093	0.073	0.116	−0.150 *	−0.042	−0.057	−0.073
HIV-targeted scale	−0.297 **	0.157 **	−0.047	0.057	0.120 *	−0.172 **	−0.038	−0.083	−0.039
Total score	−0.297 **	0.157 **	−0.047	0.057	0.120 *	−0.172 **	−0.103	−0.083	−0.039

^*Correlation is significant at P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01.

^†Spearman rank correlation coefficient.

^‡Pearson correlation coefficient. CD, cluster of differentiation; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; ThQLHC, Thai Quality of Life for HIV-infected Children; VL, viral load. Statistically significant values are in bold.