Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV-positive and HIV-negative women with and without childhood trauma (N = 137)
| Demographic variable | HIV+/trauma+ (n = 48 ) |
HIV+/trauma- (n = 37 ) |
HIV-/trauma+ (n = 21 ) |
HIV-/trauma- (n = 31 ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (SD) | 31.7 (6.9) | 31.9 (7.3) | 29.8 (7.9) | 25.5 (5.6) |
| Years of education (SD) | 10.5 (1.2) | 10.6 (1.3) | 10.7 (1.3) | 11.4 (1.2) |
| Marital status (%) | ||||
| -Single | 64.6 | 64.9 | 66.7 | 77.4 |
| -Married | 18.8 | 27 | 28.6 | 19.4 |
| -Living with a partner | 4.2 | 2.7 | - | - |
| -Separated | 4.2 | 5.4 | - | 3.2 |
| -Divorced | 6.3 | - | 4.8 | - |
| -Widowed | 2.1 | - | - | - |
| Ethnicity (%) | ||||
| -Black | 97.9 | 94.6 | 95.2 | 90.3 |
| -Coloured | 2.1 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 9.7 |
| Unemployment (%) | 68.8 | 54.1 | 61.9 | 61.3 |
| Mean CD4 Cell Count (SD) | 403.9 (261.8) | 425.5 (254.3) | N.A. | N.A. |
| Viral Load (SD) | 150222.7 (53351.8) | 37645.7 (85859.8) | N.A. | N.A. |
| Mean Q_LES_Q Score | 32.4 (1.0) | 37.4 (1.2) | 35.3 (1.5) | 38.8 (1.3) |
| Mean SDS score (SD) | 10.1 (8.1) | 6.4 (5.9) | 5.9 (6.2) | 4.2 (6.3) |
| Mean ADL decline score | 1.4 (1.9) | .9 (1.5) | .2 (.4) | .7 (1.6) |
| Mean PAOFI score (SD) | 13.7 (8.9) | 8.1 (7.0) | 8.6 (8.7) | 5.1 (5.9) |
| Mean CES-D score (SD) | 21.8 (17.5) | 7.9 (11.8) | 12.8 (14.5) | 6.8 (7.1) |
| Mean CTQ total (SD) | 57.7 (10.6) | 31.9 (4.3) | 58.5 (13.0) | 32.4 (4.1) |
N.A. Not Applicable