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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 17.
Published in final edited form as: Vulnerable Child Youth Stud. 2015 Jul 9;10(3):225–242. doi: 10.1080/17450128.2015.1066914

Table 4. Adjusted logistic regression of factors associated with low quality of life of HIV/AIDS among participants.

Family affected by HIV/AID Family not affected by HIV/AID Combined sample

Participants' Characteristics Odds of poor OQOL OR (95%CI) p Odds of poor OQOL OR (95%CI) p Odds of poor OQOL OR (95%CI) p
Family HIV and AIDS status ++ ++
FAHA 2.32 (1.67-3.21) P<0.001
FNAHA
Age of participants ++
<13 1.63 (0.58-4.54) 0.35 1.52 (0.69-3.33) 0.30
13-17 1.25 (0.54-2.88) 0.61 1.01 (0.52-1.94) 0.99
18-19 - -
Area of residence ++
Rural area 1.75 (0.91-3.35) 0.09 1.60 (1.03-2.49) 0.04
Urban area - -
Ethnicity ++
TIV 1.49 (0.53-4.18) 0.45 1.37 (0.72-2.63) 0.34
Idoma/Igede 0.54 (0.09-3.17) 0.49 1.86 (0.76-4.54) 0.17
Others - -
Family status ++
Divorced/separated Parents 2.85 (1.19-6.79) 0.02 2.19 (1.17-4.09) 0.01
Single Parent 1.14 (0.58-2.23) 0.71 1.09 (0.65-1.82) 0.75
Parents are together - -
Mother's highest level of education
Up to secondary education 0.78 (0.41-1.48) 0.44 0.38 (0.15-0.96) 0.04 0.57 (0.33-0.98) 0.04
Tertiary education 0.10 (0.03-0.37) 0.001 0.27 (0.09-0.76) 0.01 0.16 (0.07-0.35) <0.001
Others 0.16 (0.042-0.63) 0.01 0.18 (0.05-0.61) 0.01 0.20 (0.08-0.47) <0.001
No formal education - - -
Mother's occupation
Trading 1.11 (0.42-2.89) 0.84 0.75 (0.31-1.81) 0.52 0.88 (0.45-1.70) 0.70
Public employment 0.43 (0.08-2.34) 0.33 1.20 (0.41-3.51) 0.74 0.82 (0.32-2.13) 0.69
Private employment 0.48 (0.21-1.07) 0.07 0.59 (0.29-1.21) 0.15 0.47 (0.27-0.80) 0.01
Farming - - -
Emotion symptoms scale (ESS) ++ ++
Abnormal 1.91 (0.78-4.66) 0.16
Borderline 0.76 (0.27-2.16) 0.60
Normal -
Conduct problem Scale (CPS) ++
Abnormal 0.82 (0.34-1.95) 0.65 0.35 (0.19-0.70) 0.001
Borderline 0.81 (0.37-1.79) 0.61 0.52 (0.29-0.94) 0.03
Normal - -
Peer problem scale (PPS) ++
Abnormal 0.99 (0.36-2.68) 0.98 0.74 (0.36-1.50) 0.40
Borderline 1.45 (0.76-2.77) 0.27 1.05 (0.65-1.69) 0.84
Normal - -
Prosocial scale (PSS)
Abnormal 1.42 (0.69-2.93) 0.34 3.26 (1.59-6.69) 0.001 1.98 (1.16-3.39) 0.01
Borderline 1.05 (0.48-2.30) 0.91 0.88 (0.39-1.99) 0.77 0.78 (0.43-1.39) 0.40
Normal - - -
Total difficulty score (TDS)
Abnormal 0.59 (0.26-1.34) 0.20 0.78 (0.27-2.47) 0.67 1.80 (0.82-3.93) 0.14
Borderline 1.12 (0.57-2.21) 0.74 1.83 (0.85-3.96) 0.13 2.19 (1.23-3.89) 0.01
Normal - - -

++: Variable not used in the adjusted analysis for this outcome

Note: Outcome variable in each model is the (dichotomized) Overall quality of life (OQOL)