Research Article
Quality of Life among Persons with HIV/AIDS in Iran: Internal Reliability and Validity of an International Instrument and Associated Factors
Table 2
Participant characteristics, HIV/AIDS patients assessed for quality of life, Tehran, Iran, 2009-2010.
| | | Number | Percent |
| Gender | Male | 156 | 83.2 | Female | 35 | 16.8 |
| Age | 11–17 | 2 | 1.1 | 18–24 | 8 | 4.2 | 25–34 | 83 | 43.5 | 35–44 | 69 | 36.1 | 45 and older | 29 | 15.1 |
| Marriage | Single | 95 | 49.7 | Married | 69 | 36.1 | Divorced or widowed | 27 | 14.2 |
| Education | Illiterate | 6 | 3.0 | Elementary | 31 | 16 | Middle or high school | 139 | 72.8 | University | 15 | 8.2 |
| Risk factors | Prison history | 113 | 59.2 | Intravenous drug use | 108 | 56.5 | Unprotected sex | 53 | 27.7 | Blood transfusion and donation | 32 | 16.7 |
| Transmission* | Intravenous drug use | 100 | 52.4 | Unprotected sex | 48 | 25.1 | Vertical | 1 | 0.5 | Unknown | 19 | 9.9 |
| HAART | Treated | 75 | 39.3 | Untreated | 116 | 60.7 |
| Income | More than 200 dollars | 19 | 10 | Less than 200 dollars | 51 | 26.7 | No income | 121 | 63.3 |
| Employment | Employed | 110 | 57.6 | Unemployed or retired | 81 | 42.4 |
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*The total percent is not 100 due to missing data.
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