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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2012 Jan 31;24(6):722–727. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2011.644233

Table 1.

Distribution of PSC brief report item scores

PSC Question Number (percent) without (N=530) and with (N=162) virologic failure who answered never (0), sometimes (1), or often (2) for each PSC question Test of Trend p-value
No Virologic Failure Virologic Failure
Worries a lot (0) 424 (80) 109 (67) 0.008
(1) 64 (12) 37 (23)
(2) 42 (8) 16 (10)
Seems to be having less fun (0) 446 (84) 122 (75) 0.005
(1) 64 (13) 29 (18)
(2) 16 (3) 11 (7)
Feels sad, unhappy (0) 389 (73) 102 (63) 0.003
(1) 120 (23) 46 (28)
(2) 21 (4) 14 (9)
Feels bad about him or her self (0) 470 (89) 109 (67) 0.002
(1) 41 (8) 37 (23)
(2) 19 (4) 16 (10)
Does not listen to rules (0) 465 (88) 127 (78) 0.002
(1) 50 (9) 24 (15)
(2) 15 (3) 11 (7)
Distracted easily (0) 348 (66) 83 (51) 0.012
(1) 118 (22) 57 (35)
(2) 64 (12) 22 (14)
Daydreams too much (0) 354 (67) 92 (56) 0.013
(1) 130 (25) 48 (30)
(2) 46 (8) 22 (14)
Does not understand other people’s feelings (0) 391 (74) 105 (65) NS
(1) 59 (11) 28 (17)
(2) 80 (15) 29 (18)
Teases others (0) 458 (86) 140 (86) NS
(1) 54 (10) 17 (11)
(2) 18 (4) 5 (3)
Blames others for his or her troubles (0) 471 (89) 140 (86) NS
(1) 47 (9) 18 (11)
(2) 12 (2) 4 (3)
Takes things that do not belong to him or her (0) 471 (89) 140 (86) NS
(1) 43 (8) 19 (12)
(2) 16 (3) 3 (2)
Refuses to share (0) 395 (74) 118 (73) NS
(1) 46 (9) 20 (12)
(2) 89 (17) 24 (15)
Fidgety, unable to sit still (0) 417 (79) 131 (81) NS
(1) 87 (16) 22 (14)
(2) 26 (5) 9 (5)
Acts as if driven by motor (0) 451 (85) 134 (83) NS
(1) 54 (10) 21 (13)
(2) 25 (5) 7 (4)
Feels hopeless (0) 464 (88) 137 (85) NS
(1) 34 (6) 17 (10)
(2) 32 (6) 8 (5)
Has trouble concentrating (0) 353 (67) 95 (59) NS
(1) 110 (21) 39 (24)
(2) 67 (13) 28 (17)
Fights with other children (0) 467 (88) 147 (91) NS
(1) 45 (9) 10 (6)
(2) 18 (3) 5 (3)