Table 6.
Multivariate linear regression analysis of predictors and/or correlates of HRQoL of HIV infected patients with and without VL in Northwest Ethiopia
| Patient characteristics | HRQoL domains | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical domain (β-coefficient) |
Psychological domain (β-coefficient) |
Social Domain (β-coefficient) |
Spiritual domain (β-coefficient) |
Level of independence (β-coefficient) |
Environmental domain (β-coefficient) |
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| HIV-VL (n = 125) |
HIV (n = 465) |
HIV-VL (n = 125) |
HIV (n = 465) |
HIV-VL (n = 125) |
HIV (n = 465) |
HIV-VL (n = 125) |
HIV (n = 465) |
HIV-VL (n = 125) |
HIV (n = 465) |
HIV-VL (n = 125) |
HIV (n = 465) |
|
| Age | −0.083* | −0.031* | ||||||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | ||||||||||||
| Female | ||||||||||||
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Not educated | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | ||||||||
| Educated | 1.432** | 1.142** | 0.589* | 1.378** | ||||||||
| Marital status | ||||||||||||
| Married | 0.816** | 1.415** | 0.495* | |||||||||
| Not married | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |||||||||
| Residence | ||||||||||||
| Urban | ||||||||||||
| Rural | ||||||||||||
| CD4 count | ||||||||||||
| < 201 | Ref. | Ref. | ||||||||||
| > =201 | 1.034* | 0.843* | ||||||||||
| Hb level | ||||||||||||
| < 12.8 | ||||||||||||
| > =12.8 | ||||||||||||
| Duration of ART | 0.144** | 0.224* | 0.232** | 0.184** | 0.221* | 0.258* | 0.197** | |||||
| Kessler depressive symptoms | −2.118** | −2.489** | −2.670** | −1.220** | −1.981** | −0.603* | −1.887** | −1.449** | −1.630** | −1.724** | −2.275** | −0.925** |
| p-value of the final multivariate regression model | P < 0.01 | P < 0.01 | P < 0.01 | P < 0.01 | P < 0.01 | P < 0.01 | P < 0.01 | P < 0.01 | P < 0.01 | P < 0.01 | P < 0.01 | P < 0.01 |
| Adjusted-R2 | 0.239 | 0.288 | 0.355 | 0.148 | 0.261 | 0.125 | 0.232 | 0.047 | 0.278 | 0.150 | 0.302 | 0.155 |
Ref. reference category
*p – value < 0.05; **p – value < 0.01