Table 1.
Sample demographics, clinical characteristics, and mean Fatigue and Energy Scale scores
| N | Mean (SD) or n (%) |
Morning Fatigue |
Evening Fatigue |
Morning Energy |
Evening Energy |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n=99a) | (n=101a) | (n=99a) | (n=101a) | |||
| Age in years (range 20–66) | 102 | 38.2 (7.7) | ||||
| < 40 years | 58 (57%) | 33.0 (20.0) | 47.1 (20.5) | 40.5 (19.6) | 35.1 (20.6) | |
| ≥ 40 years | 44 (43%) | 33.2 (22.4) | 52.7 (19.5) | 40.4 (21.3) | 33.2 (22.4) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | 102 | |||||
| African-American | 59 (58%) | 33.2 (21.8) | 45.8 (20.4) | 39.2 (21.1) | 33.9 (21.4) | |
| Caucasian | 29 (28%) | 36.8 (21.7) | 60.3 (17.9)b | 41.5 (20.1) | 34.4 (20.0) | |
| Hispanic/Latina | 14 (14%) | 25.1 (14.7) | 43.4 (16.3) | 43.4 (17.9) | 32.7 (14.4) | |
| Education | 102 | |||||
| Some high school or less | 35 (34%) | 34.8 (19.7) | 47.4 (21.7) | 34.8 (17.7)c | 28.4 (15.2)c | |
| Completed high school or more | 67 (66%) | 32.1 (21.8) | 50.6 (19.4) | 43.4 (21.0)c | 36.6 (21.7)c | |
| Employment | 102 | |||||
| Unemployed | 88 (86%) | 32.8 (21.3) | 49.0 (19.7) | 40.4 (20.0) | 33.7 (20.2) | |
| Employed (full-time, part-time, or self-employed) | 14 (14%) | 34.7 (19.9) | 52.7 (23.4) | 40.8 (22.6) | 34.7 (19.3) | |
| Annual income | 102 | |||||
| <$10,000 | 76 (75%) | 30.2 (20.1)c | 45.9 (18.5)c | 39.7 (20.6) | 33.1 (20.2) | |
| ≥$10,000 | 26 (25%) | 41.6 (21.8)c | 60.0 (21.5)c | 42.7 (19.5) | 35.9 (19.7) | |
| Living with adult partner? | 101a | |||||
| No | 61 (60%) | 31.5 (19.0) | 46.2 (19.8) | 38.9 (20.9) | 31.7 (21.0) | |
| Yes | 40 (40%) | 35.4 (23.9) | 54.2 (20.0) | 42.0 (19.0) | 36.7 (17.9) | |
| Any children? (range 0 –4) | 99a | |||||
| No | 68 (69%) | 31.1 (22.0) | 51.2 (20.1) | 41.3 (21.4) | 34.5 (21.1) | |
| Yes | 31 (31%) | 38.3 (18.4) | 46.3 (21.1) | 37.3 (16.8) | 32.9 (18.8) | |
| Years since HIV diagnosis | 93a | 5.0 (3.4) | ||||
| (range 1 month – 15 years) | ||||||
| < 5 years | 50 (54%) | 30.9 (20.6) | 48.2 (19.6) | 36.8 (20.1) | 33.1 (19.3) | |
| ≥ 5 years | 43 (46%) | 36.9 (20.7) | 53.2 (19.5) | 42.1 (19.6) | 33.5 (18.3) | |
| CD4 T-cell count, cells/mm3 | 79a | 341 (241) | ||||
| (range 4 – 974) | ||||||
| < 200d | 26 (33%) | 33.0 (17.4) | 53.4 (19.0) | 40.6 (17.5) | 35.1 (22.1) | |
| ≥ 200 | 53 (67%) | 34.0 (21.7) | 49.7 (21.1) | 39.9 (21.1) | 33.8 (19.2) | |
| Total Sample | 102 | 33.1 (21.0) | 49.5 (20.2) | 40.4 (20.3) | 33.8 (20.0) | |
a
smaller sample size due to missing data;
b
significantly higher than the other two groups;
c
these two groups differ significantly (p<.05)
d
participants with CD4 < 200 cells/mm3 qualify for a diagnosis of AIDS