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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2021 Jan 23;33(10):1340–1349. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2021.1874275

Table 4.

Associations of QoL domains at baseline with early virologic failure (VF) on second-line antiretroviral therapy (unadjusted and adjusted)

QoL Domain QoL Score Categorya N Incomplete self-reported adherence at week 4 N (%) Early VF N (%) OR for early VF (95%CI) Trend p-valueb OR for early VF (95%CI) adjusted for self-reported adherence at week 4 Trend p-valueb
General Health Perception (GHP) High 31 5 (16.1) 2 (6.4) Ref 0.87 Ref 0.84
Medium 212 44 (20.7) 18 (8.5) 1.34 (0.30–12.5) 1.28 (0.28–12.0)
Low 257 54 (21.0) 17 (6.6) 1.03 (0.23–4.68) 0.97 (0.21–9.16)
Physical Functioning (PF) High 344 61 (17.7) 22 (6.4) Ref 0.19 Ref 0.22
Medium 114 37 (32.5) 11 (9.6) 1.56 (0.66–3.50) 1.34 (0.56–3.06)
Low 41 5 (12.2) 4 (9.8) 1.58 (0.38–5.02) 1.70 (0.40–5.44)
Role Functioning (RF) High 327 48 (14.7) 19 (5.8) Ref 0.47 Ref 0.91
Medium 27 5 (18.5) 5 (18.5) 3.66 (0.98–11.5) 3.57 (0.94–11.3)
Low 146 50 (34.2) 13 (8.9) 1.58 (0.70–3.49) 1.29 (0.55–2.93)
Social Functioning (SF) High 326 49 (15.0) 20 (6.1) Ref 0.45 Ref 0.52
Medium 125 47 (37.6) 13 (10.4) 1.77 (0.78–3.89) 1.43 (0.61–3.24)
Low 49 7 (14.3) 4 (8.2) 1.36 (0.32–4.32) 1.37 (0.32–4.39)
Cognitive Functioning (CF) High 275 53 (19.3) 20 (7.3) Ref 0.67 Ref 0.53
Medium 167 45 (26.9) 13 (7.8) 1.08 (0.50–2.35) 0.99 (0.43–2.17)
Low 58 5 (8.6) 4 (6.9) 0.94 (0.23–2.98) 1.08 (0.25–3.45)
Pain (P) High 249 38 (15.3) 16 (6.4) Ref 0.033 Ref 0.08
Medium 111 20 (18.0) 4 (3.6) 0.54 (0.13–1.74) 0.53 (0.12–1.70)
Low 140 45 (32.1) 17 (12.1) 2.01 (0.92–4.41) 1.73 (0.77–3.86)
Mental Health (MH) High 124 10 (8.1) 5 (4.0) Ref 0.12 Ref 0.11
Medium 263 74 (28.1) 20 (7.6) 1.96 (0.69–6.83) 1.56 (0.53–5.60)
Low 113 19 (16.8) 12 (10.6) 2.82 (0.89–10.6) 2.56 (0.80–9.66)
Energy/Fatigue (E/F) High 129 10 (7.7) 6 (4.6) Ref 0.29 Ref 0.28
Medium 234 73 (31.2) 19 (8.1) 1.81 (0.67–5.68) 1.39 (0.49–4.53)
Low 137 20 (14.6) 12 (8.8) 1.96 (0.66–6.58) 1.82 (0.60–6.13)
a

QoL score categories: high = 100; medium = 75-<100; low = <75;

b

p-values from logistic regression model including QoL score as a quantitative score