Table 3.

grading of health-related quality of life by participants’ characteristic

Characteristic	Good (n = 78)	Intermediate (n = 19)	Poor (n = 16)	Total (n =113)
Age groups (years)
8-12	22 (56.4%)	9 (23.1%)	8 (20.5%)	39 (100.0%)
13-18	56 (75.7%)	10 (13.5%)	8 (10.8%)	74 (100.0%)
Gender
Male	51 (85.0%)	5 (8.3%)	4 (6.7%)	60 (100.0%)
Female	27 (50.9%)	14 (26.4%)	12 (22.7%)	53 (100.0%)
Orphan status
One/both parents alive	71 (68.3%)	18 (17.3%)	15 (14.4%)	104 (100.0%)
Double orphan	7 (77.8%)	1 (11.1%)	1 (11.1%)	9 (100.0%)
ART
First line	55 (67.9%)	12 (14.8%)	14 (17.3%)	81 (100.0%)
Second line	23 (71.9%)	7 (21.9%)	2 (6.2%)	32 (100.0%)
Duration of ART
≤ 60 months	6 (37.5%)	4 (25.0%)	6 (37.5%)	16 (100.0%)
>6 0months	72 (74.2%)	15 (15.5%)	10 (10.3%)	97 (100.0%)
Viral load (copies/ml)
<1000	66 (72.5%)	14 (15.4%)	11 (12.1%)	91 (100.0%)
≥1000	12 (54.5%)	5 (22.7%)	5 (22.7%)	22 (100.0%)
CD4 count (cells/µL)
≥500	63 (70.8%)	12 (13.5%)	14 (15.7%)	89 (100.0%)
<500	15 (62.5%)	7 (29.2%)	2 (8.3%)	24 (100.0%)