Table 2.
HIV-related stigma and health-related quality of life among adults enrolling in HIV care and not known to be eligible for ART in Tanzania by gender
| Mean overall function score | Mean life satisfaction score | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men | |||||||||
| n | Mean | p value | n | Mean | p value | n | Mean | p value | n | Mean | p value | |
| Enacted stigma | ||||||||||||
| None | 438 | 75.7 | 0.006 | 278 | 70.4 | 0.48 | 438 | 67.9 | 0.005 | 278 | 64.1 | 0.0009 |
| Any | 84 | 67.9 | 33 | 66.9 | 84 | 59.4 | 33 | 49.1 | ||||
| Internalized stigma | ||||||||||||
| None | 309 | 75.7 | < 0.0001 | 178 | 70.7 | 0.04 | 309 | 67.5 | < 0.0001 | 178 | 63.1 | 0.0001 |
| Low | 184 | 75.6 | 120 | 69.1 | 184 | 66.8 | 120 | 62.5 | ||||
| Medium or high | 82 | 63.4 | 33 | 58.1 | 82 | 51.3 | 33 | 43.2 | ||||
| Anticipatory stigma | ||||||||||||
| Bottom tertile (least stigma) | 177 | 80.9 | < 0.0001 | 128 | 76.0 | 0.0003 | 177 | 72.7 | < 0.0001 | 128 | 68.2 | < 0.0001 |
| Middle tertile | 206 | 73.7 | 112 | 64.8 | 206 | 65.9 | 112 | 59.2 | ||||
| Top tertile (most stigma) | 188 | 67.7 | 94 | 63.4 | 188 | 57.5 | 94 | 52.3 | ||||