Table 2.
Characteristics of RWISA Participants by HIV Status
| Characteristics | HIV− (n = 217) | HIV+ (n = 705) | All Participants (n = 922) | p valuea |
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| Age, % | <0.001 | |||
| <30 yrs | 34 (15.67%) | 158 (22.41%) | 192 (20.82%) | |
| 30 – 40 yrs | 57 (26.27%) | 389 (55.18%) | 446 (48.37%) | |
| > 40 yrs | 126 (58.06%) | 158 (22.41%) | 284 (30.80%) | |
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| Married/Partnered, % | 80 (37.56%) | 256 (36.31%) | 336 (36.60%) | 0.74 |
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| Live w/ partner, % (n=336) | 45 (56.25%) | 73 (28.52%) | 118 (35.12%) | <0.001 |
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| # People live w/ you, % | <0.001 | |||
| 0–2 | 23 (11.22%) | 194 (27.75%) | 217 (24.00%) | |
| 3 | 31 15.12%) | 131 (18.74%) | 162 (17.92%) | |
| 4 – 5 | 77 (37.56%) | 222 (31.76%) | 299 (33.08%) | |
| > 5 | 74 (36.10%) | 152 (21.75%) | 226 (25.00%) | |
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| Where live, % | <0.001 | |||
| Own home/apt | 107(50.23%) | 177 (25.11%) | 284 (30.94%) | |
| Parent’s home | 20 (9.39%) | 51 (7.23%) | 71 (7.73%) | |
| Someone else’s home | 78 (36.62%) | 469 (66.52%) | 547 (59.59%) | |
| Shelter | 8 (3.76%) | 6 (0.85%) | 14 (1.53%) | |
| Other | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (0.28%) | 2 (0.22%) | |
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| Education, % | 0.03 | |||
| None | 67 (31.60%) | 156 (22.22%) | 223 (24.40%) | |
| Some primary | 69 (32.55%) | 269 (38.32%) | 338 (36.98%) | |
| Completed primary | 51 (24.06%) | 204 (29.06%) | 255 (27.90%) | |
| Secondary or higher | 25 (11.79%) | 73 (10.40%) | 98 (10.72%) | |
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| % Employed | 51 (25.00%) | 171 (25.04%) | 222 (25.03%) | 0.99 |
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| Income per month, % | 0.02 | |||
| < 10,000 FRW (US$18) | 92 (45.10%) | 251 (36.12%) | 343 (38.15%) | |
| 10,000 – 35,000 FRW | 79 (38.73%) | 347 (49.93%) | 426 (47.39%) | |
| > 35,000 FRW (US$64) | 33 (16.18%) | 97 (13.96%) | 130 (14.46%) | |
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| % used food program, past 6 months | 24 (11.27%) | 97 (13.82%) | 121 (13.22%) | 0.34 |
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| CD4, mean (SD) | - | 283 (167) | ||
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| CD4 categories, % | ||||
| > 350 | - | 195 (27.66%) | ||
| 200 – 350 | - | 269 (38.16%) | ||
| < 200 | - | 241 (34.18%) | ||
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| % with health insurance | 70 (32.71%) | 313 (44.71%) | 383 (41.90%) | 0.002 |
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| % cannot pay medical bills | 10 (4.90%) | 37 (5.32%) | 47 (5.23%) | 0.81 |
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| % paid for Rx, past 6 mos | 32 (15.02%) | 202 (29.15%) | 234 (25.83%) | <0.001 |
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| % went to ER, past 6 mos | 3 (1.40%) | 28 (4.01%) | 31 (3.40%) | 0.07 |
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| CES-D mean (SD) | 20.79 (9.60) | 23.67 (9.19) | 23.02 (9.35) | <0.001 |
| N, (% score > =16) | 124 (64.58%) | 536 (81.46%) | 660 (77.7%) | <0.001 |
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| HTQ mean (SD) | 2.40 (0.67) | 2.31 (0.69) | 2.33 (0.69) | 0.09 |
| N, (% score > 2) | 126 (65.63%) | 380 (57.8%) | 506 (59.53%) | 0.05 |
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| Experienced genocidal rape N, (%) | 101 (46.98%) | 347 (49.64%) | 448 (49.02%) | 0.49 |
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| HQOL subscales mean (SD) | ||||
| Physical functioning | 71.45 (26.09) | 58.01 (27.51) | 61.17 (27.76) | <0.001 |
| Role functioning | 81.98 (22.91) | 76.13 (24.34) | 77.51 (24.13) | 0.002 |
| Social functioning | 69.28 (29.47) | 60.85 (28.88) | 62.83 (29.22) | <0.001 |
| Cognitive functioning | 70.46 (22.21) | 64.99 (20.10) | 66.28 (20.74) | <0.001 |
| Pain | 70.81 (33.71) | 60.25 (33.23) | 62.74 (33.63) | <0.001 |
| Emotional well being | 47.28 (17.11) | 41.53 (14.56) | 42.88 (15.39) | <0.001 |
| Current health perception | 36.07 (20.25) | 26.79 (18.51) | 28.97 (19.33) | <0.001 |
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| Overall QOL mean (SD) | 48.92 (16.47) | 46.00 (15.81) | 46.69 (16.01) | 0.02 |
FRW = Rwandan Francs
a
For comparisons of HIV positive to HIV negative women