Table 3.
Changes in Individual Psychosocial Domain Item Scores of Men and Women at Enrollment and at Six Months (n = 356)
| At enrollment | At 6 months | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychosocial domain item scalesa | Men | Women | Men | Women |
| 1. Worry about being able to take care of self | 3.69 | 3.43 | 4.14 | 3.76 |
| 2. Feels uncomfortable seeing other patients | 3.69 | 3.30 | 4.40 | 3.88 |
| 3. Worry about being alone as the disease progresses | 3.78 | 3.25 | 4.20 | 3.58 |
| 4. Frequency of having negative feelings | 3.54 | 3.27 | 4.31 | 3.85 |
| 5. Comfortable talking to family/friends about HIVstatus | 2.65 | 2.86 | 3.19 | 3.12 |
| 6. Worry about family members losing him/her | 2.69 | 2.80 | 2.22 | 2.56 |
| 7. Worry about medical expenses | 2.88 | 2.86 | 3.13 | 3.04 |
a
Bolded data reflects higher psychosocial domain item scores for women than men.