Table 2. Comparison of mean illness representation, self-care and quality-of-life by country (±standard deviation for total sample).

	Total sample n = 1,217	Norway n = 77	Taiwan n = 118	United States n = 876	Colombia n = 101	Puerto Rico n = 44
Timeline (Scale 1–5, higher = more serious)	3.7 ± .68	3.9	3.6	3.7	3.5	3.3
Consequences (Scale 1–5, higher = more severe)	3.4 ± .88	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.2	2.8
Control (Scale 1–5, higher = more control)	3.9 ± .66	3.6	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.1
Identity (Scale 1–6, higher = HIV associated with more symptoms)	2.1 ± 1.7	2.3	2.1	2.2	1.6	1.7
Self-care frequency (Scale 0–1, higher = more SC activities performed)	.34 ± .16	.36	.17	.36	.29	.42
Self-care effectiveness (Scale 0–1, higher = SC activities more effective)	.63 ± .21	.52	.50	.64	.73	.82
Quality-of-life (Scale 1–100, higher = better qol)	61 ± 18.4	45	58	64	64	73