Gender Differences in Health Related Quality of Life among People Living with HIV on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Mekelle Town, Northern Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics, psychosocial variables, and clinical parameters of people living with HIV, in public health institutions, Mekelle town, 2012.
Sociodemographics
Gender
Female number (%)
Male number (%)
mean (±SD) age
35.46 (±8.03)
39.75 (±7.85)
Marital status
Single
13 (5.2)
30 (12.3)
Divorced/separated
86 (34.4)
48 (19.7)
Married
80 (32.0)
144 (59.0)
Widowed
71 (28.4 )
22 (9.0)
Employment status
Employed
178 (71.2)
232 (95.1)
Unemployed
72 (28.8)
12 (4.9)
Monthly income✦
Below average (<83.75$)
236 (94.4)
207 (84.8)
Average and above (≥83.75$)
14 (5.6)
37 (15.2)
Religion
Orthodox
234 (93.6)
231 (94.7)
Muslim, Protestant
16 (6.4)
13 (5.3)
Educational status
Illiterate
81 (32.4)
30 (12.3)
Literate
169 (67.6)
214 (87.7)
Psychosocial variables
Psychosocial support from family members
Yes
79 (31.6)
88 (36.1)
No
171 (68.4)
156 (63.9)
Psychosocial support outside family
Yes
179 (71.6)
164 (67.2)
No
71 (28.4)
80 (32.8)
Perceived stigma
Low
118 (47.2)
140 (57.4)
High
132 (52.8)
104 (42.6)
Clinical parameters [extracted from client records]
CD4 count at start of ART
Median (IQR)†
163 (95–240)
137 (66–215.5)
CD4 count at start of ART
<200
151 (63.2)
164 (70.4)
≥200
88 (36.8)
69 (29.6)
Most recent CD4 count
Median (IQR)†
366 (250–523)
296 (205–441)
<200
37 (15.2)
56 (24.2)
≥200
206 (84.8)
175 (75.8)
Months on ART
Mean (±SD)
43.57 ± 24.08
45.90 ± 24.16
Adherence to doses of ARV
≥95% adherent
231 (92.4)
219 (89.8)
<95% adherent
19 (7.6)
25 (10.2)
Recent WHO clinical stage
Stage I
52 (20.8)
31 (12.7)
Stage II
46 (18.4)
33 (13.5)
Stage III
35 (14.0)
51 (20.9)
Stage IV
117 (46.8)
129 (52.9)
†Median and IQR are reported due to nonnormal distribution, 1 USD = 17 ETB, and ✦the cutoff point is based on World Bank 2010 report.
