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. 2023 Feb 12;20:10. doi: 10.1186/s12981-022-00488-7

Table 3.

Patient’s situation data sorted by age group, expressed as the percentage of affirmative answers

Section Parameter assessed 50–55 56–65 66–75  > 75 Sig.
General information Good Overall health perception 81.5 69.9 69.4 91.7 0.008
Retired 26.9 53.8 98.9 100  < 0.001
Exercise Minimum 62.9 66.8 68.1 84.6 0.350
Regular 43.1 43.0 45.6 53.8 0.858
Regular eating habit 89.5 91.3 97.7 92.3 0.129
Struggles to remember taking ART 13.0 9.9 7.1 23.1 0.207
Undetectable viral load 78.8 73.0 60.8 63.6 0.020
Living alone 29.8 34.4 45.1 69.2 0.003
HIV status sharing 62.0 53.1 40.0 30.8 0.001
Financial problems 39.0 46.2 34.5 23.1 0.082
Psychological problems Weariness 39.7 47.4 39.5 30.8 0.207
Depression 32.7 33.6 27.3 0.0 0.097
Loneliness 27.7 29.7 31.8 15.4 0.619
Memory problems 28.0 29.1 16.7 23.1 0.143
Mean score 32.0 35.0 28.8 17.3
Social sphere Active social life 70.7 58.4 54.4 46.2 0.005
Active sexual life 58.3 49.7 30.3 7.7  < 0.001
Has Friends and Family 88.0 80.3 71.4 83.3 0.004
Mean score 72.3 62.8 52.0 45.7
Specific/geriatric conditions Sleep 38.1 42.8 42.2 50.0 0.638
Hearing 21.1 24.2 29.7 46.2 0.106
Visual 59.4 50.7 43.3 69.2 0.025
Mobility 21.2 24.1 38.2 23.1 0.016
Sexual 23.0 26.3 32.9 20.0 0.359
Mean score 32.6 33.6 37.3 41.7

CSA Center and South America, WE Western Europe, SEEE South Eastern and Eastern Europe