Table 4.

Factors associated with stress levels among newly diagnosed PLWH.

Characteristics	Univariate		Multivariate
	β Coefficient (95% CI)	p Value	β Coefficient (95% CI)	p Value
Time
Baseline	Ref		Ref
Follow-up	−8.08 (−9.36 to −6.80)	<0.001	−13.50 (−17.63 to −9.36)	<0.001
Gender
Male	Ref		Ref
Female	−0.28 (−3.65 to 3.09)	0.872	−	−
Age	−0.13 (−0.22 to −0.04)	0.004	−0.22 (−0.36 to −0.09)	0.001
Marital status
Married	Ref		Ref
Divorced/widowed	3.31 (0.09 to 6.54)	0.044	2.10 (−0.90 to 5.09)	0.170
Single	2.27 (−0.08 to 4.61)	0.058	−3.14 (−6.13 to −0.16)	0.039
Having children
Yes	Ref		Ref
No	1.10 (−1.06 to 3.27)	0.318	−	−
Living alone
Yes	Ref		Ref
No	1.97 (0.04 to 3.90)	0.046	3.86 (1.99 to 5.73)	<0.001
Household registration
Urban	Ref		Ref
Rural	−1.89 (−3.87 to 0.09)	0.061	−1.07 (−3.02 to 0.89)	0.286
Education	0.24 (−0.05 to 0.53)	0.099	0.30 (−0.01 to 0.60)	0.057
Employment
Yes	Ref		Ref
No	0.67 (−1.35 to 2.70)	0.514	−	−
Monthly income (RMB)
≤4000	Ref		Ref
>4000	−3.69 (−5.55 to −1.83)	<0.001	−3.91 (−5.69 to −2.13)	<0.001
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual	Ref		Ref
Homosexual	1.58 (−0.61 to 3.77)	0.157	0.93 (−1.17 to 3.03)	0.386
Bisexual	2.70 (−0.26 to 5.67)	0.074	1.13 (−1.64 to 3.89)	0.424
CD4 count, cells/mm3
<200	Ref		Ref
200–500	−1.46 (−4.47 to 1.55)	0.341	0.66 (−1.98 to 3.30)	0.623
>500	−3.18 (−6.52 to 0.15)	0.061	−0.52 (−3.46 to 2.41)	0.726
Symptoms
Yes	Ref		Ref
No	−6.34 (−8.31 to −4.37)	<0.001	−4.34 (−6.14 to −2.53)	0.001
ART
Yes	Ref		Ref
No	5.97 (4.33 to 7.61)	<0.001	0.87 (−1.17 to 2.91)	0.401
Social support
Subjective support	−0.41 (−0.55 to −0.26)	<0.001	−0.19 (−0.35 to −0.03)	0.017
Objective support	−0.61 (−0.88 to −0.34)	<0.001	−1.31 (−1.69 to −0.93)	<0.001
Support utilization	−0.80 (−1.28 to −0.32)	0.001	−0.32 (−0.88 to 0.24)	0.262
Time × objective support	−	−	0.77 (0.26 to 1.27)	0.003

Ref: reference group.