Table 1.
Participant characteristics and unmet needs for symptom management.
| Variables | Classification | N (%) | Unmet needs |
U or H (p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | ||||
| Age(y) (Mean = 38.6) | 18–30 | 102 (27.8) | 3.14 (5.34) | 2.167 (.539) |
| 31–40 | 131 (35.7) | 2.67 (5.00) | ||
| 41–50 | 72 (19.6) | 3.46 (5.80) | ||
| 51–78 | 62 (16.9) | 3.52 (5.82) | ||
| Gender | Male | 335 (91.3) | 3.19 (5.51) | 4941.000 (.439) |
| Female | 32 (8.7) | 2.13 (3.76) | ||
| Marital status | Married | 116 (31.6) | 2.81 (4.13) | 14,343.500 (.810) |
| Other (single, divorced, unknown) | 251 (68.4) | 3.23 (5.88) | ||
| Educational level | Elementary school | 25 (6.8) | 3.08 (3.63) | 2.528 (.470) |
| Middle school | 55 (15.0) | 3.38 (4.92) | ||
| High school | 70 (19.1) | 2.70 (5.22) | ||
| College or above | 217 (59.1) | 3.16 (5.74) | ||
| Current employment status | Yes | 163 (44.4) | 2.23(3.83) | 14,494.000 (.026)⁎ |
| No | 204 (55.6) | 3.79 (6.29) | ||
| Ward | Inpatient | 198 (54.0) | 3.33 (5.61) | 15,284.500 (.131) |
| Outpatient | 169 (46.0) | 2.83 (5.13) | ||
| Months HIV positive (mean = 28) | 1–6 | 141 (38.4) | 3.11 (4.66) | 1.736 (.629) |
| 7–18 | 57 (15.5) | 3.19 (6.71) | ||
| 19–36 | 59 (16.1) | 3.07 (5.90) | ||
| 37–286 | 110 (30.0) | 3.05 (5.28) | ||
| Taking ART | Yes | 307 (83.7) | 3.16 (5.54) | 9009.000 (.777) |
| No | 60 (16.3) | 2.77 (4.55) | ||
| Viral Load (copies/ml) | 0–499① | 126 (34.2) | 2.69 (4.79) | 51.959 (.000)⁎ ①,② < ③,④ |
| 500 and above② | 32 (8.7) | 3.00 (4.82) | ||
| Do not know③ | 77 (20.9) | 5.79 (6.59) | ||
| Never tested④ | 45 (12.2) | 5.69 (6.78) | ||
| CD4 count (cells/mm3) (Mean = 279) | 0–199 | 128 (34.8) | 2.78 (4.46) | 10.339 (0.070) |
| 200–299 | 56 (15.2) | 5.20 (8.22) | ||
| 300–399 | 40 (10.9) | 2.48 (4.12) | ||
| 400–499 | 30 (8.2) | 2.67 (5.75) | ||
| 500 and above | 47 (12.8) | 2.70 (5.03) |
⁎
Total N = 367, including missing data; p < .05.