Table 2.

Socio-Demographic and Clinical Variables for a Sample of 18 Respondents with Good or Poor HRQoL

Variable	Mean		SD		Median		Range
Age in years	36.0		5.49		37		25–45
Time since diagnosis (years)	4.83		3.89		3		1–14
Variable	Total		Good HRQoL		Poor HRQoL		p	X2
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age
Less or equal 37	10	55.6	6	60	4	40	0.34	0.90
More than 37	8	44.4	3	37.5	5	62.5
Time since diagnosis in years
Equal or less to 3 years	8	44.4	4	50	4	50	1.00	0.0
More than 3 years	10	55.6	5	50	5	50
Sex
Male	8	44.4	5	62.5	3	37.5	0.34	0.90
Female	10	55.6	4	40	6	60
Education
Secondary school or less	15	83.3	7	46.7	8	53.3	0.53	0.40
College or more	3	16.7	2	66.7	1	33.3
Income
Inadequate	12	66.7	4	33.3	8	66.7	0.04	4.00
Adequate	6	33.3	5	83.3	1	16.7
Employment
Unemployed	12	66.7	4	33.3	8	66.7	0.04	4.00
Employed	6	33.3	5	83.3	1	16.7
Marital status
Single (single, divorced, widow)	9	50	2	22.2	7	77.8	0.02	5.55
Married	9	50	7	77.8	2	22.2
Disclosure status
Not to any one excluding physician/partner	12	66.7	4	33.3	8	66.7
Expand disclosure to family member	6	33.3	5	83.3	1	16.7	0.04	4.00
Route of Transmission, n (%)
Sexual contact	13	72.2	7	53.8	6	46.2 60	0.59	0.27
Others	5	27.8	2	40	3
Comorbidity
Have comorbidity	7	38.9	1	14.3	6	85.7	0.016	5.84
Do not have comorbidity	11	61.1	8	72.7	3	33.3
HIV serostatus
HIV Positive – Asymptomatic	18	100
HIV positive – symptomatic	0	0
AIDS	0	0
ART status
Receiving ARV treatment	18	100
Not on ARV treatment	0	0