Table 3. PedsQL Inventory Scores comparing children by HIV status and presence of disability.
| Total Score* | Physical Health* | Emotional functioning* | Social functioning* | School functioning* + | |
| HIV | |||||
| No HIV (n = 296) | 87.1 (8.6) | 85.9 (11.5) | 86.6 (12.3) | 90.4 (13.5) | 87.2 (12.7) |
| HIV-infected (n = 294) | 79.1 (12.2) | 77.9 (15.4) | 80.9 (12.9) | 82.4 (18.5) | 72.9 (18.5) |
| P-value** | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.0004 |
| Disability | |||||
| No disability (n = 472) | 86.1 (7.9) | 84.8 (9.2) | 85.7 (11.8) | 89.6 (13.2) | 85.4 (12.6) |
| Disability (n = 118) | 71.3 (14.8) | 70.2 (22.2) | 76.1 (14.2) | 73.5 (22.3) | 63.7 (20.8) |
| P-value** | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| HIV and disability | |||||
| No HIV/no disability (n = 276) | 88.1 (7.1) | 87.0 (8.9) | 87.2 (11.8) | 91.5 (12.0) | 88.4 (11.7) |
| HIV/no disability (n = 196) | 83.3 (8.0) | 81.9 (8.7) | 83.5 (11.5) | 87.0 (14.3) | 79.7 (12.2) |
| No HIV/disability (n = 20) | 74.0 (15.2) | 71.1 (25.7) | 78.5 (15.9) | 75.0 (22.4) | 74.1 (15.0) |
| HIV/disability (n = 98) | 70.8 (14.8) | 70.0 (21.6) | 75.6 (13.9) | 73.2 (22.4) | 60.1 (21.4) |
| P-value*** | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
Higher scores relate to better quality of life.
Age and sex adjusted p-value.
P-value from analysis of variance.
Data on school functioning were available for 167 children with no HIV and no disability, 16 children with no HIV and disability, 89 children with HIV and no disability, and 47 children with HIV and disability.