Table 3.
Basic description of psychosocial adjustment indicators by perinatal HIV status among 6- to 18-year-old Children from Kampala, Uganda
| Overall n (%) 165 (100) |
HIV-unexposed control n (%) 53 (31.9) |
HIV-exposed control n (%) 54 (33.1) |
HIV-infected n (%) 58 (34.9) |
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| Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | pa | |
| Depressive symptom score (n=161) | 9 (5) | 8 (11) | 8 (4) | 10 (6) | 0.01 |
| Distress score (n=162) | 18 (11) | 17 (11) | 16.5 (10) | 20 (13) | 0.03 |
| Hopelessness (n=165) | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 1 (4) | 0.71 |
| Positive outlook (n=163) | 19 (3) | 20 (3) | 19 (3) | 19 (3) | 0.02 |
| Area-specific self-esteem | |||||
| Peer esteem (n=164) | 8 (1) | 8 (1) | 78 (1) | 8 (1) | 0.30 |
| Home/family esteem (n=164) | 12 (1) | 12 (2) | 12 (1) | 12 (1) | 0.20 |
| School esteem (n=160) | 9 (0) | 9 (1) | 9 (0) | 9 (0) | <0.01 |
| Global esteem (n=164) | 29 (2) | 29 (3) | 29 (2) | 29 (1) | 0.02 |
IQR=inter-quartile range.
a
p Values are derived for null hypothesis of no HIV-related differences in respective psychosocial adjustment indicators. Given skewed distribution, differences in median are estimated using non-parametric test for respective psychosocial across the three HIV groups using the Kruskal-Wallis test.