Psychological Impacts among Older and Younger People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nanning, China

Table 2

Distributions of HIV knowledge, self-efficacy, well-being, depression and quality of life.

	Crude mean (SD)			Adjusted mean^2
	Older PLWHAs	Younger PLWHAs	𝑃 value	Older PLWHAs	Younger PLWHAs	𝑃 value
HIV knowledge^1	8.5 (3.9)	10.1 (2.3)	0.20	9.3	10.3	0.07
Self-efficacy^1	24.6 (3.4)	25.3 (3.4)	0.34	23.9	24.6	0.31
Depression	13.6 (5.6)	10.8 (6.5)	0.03	18.6	15.8	0.03
Well-being	7.8 (5.6)	11.7 (6.3)	<0.01	7.6	11.4	<0.01
Quality of life:
Physical health	10.4 (2.8)	12.2 (2.9)	<0.01	10.3	11.9	<0.01
Psychological^1	10.1 (2.4)	11.4 (2.8)	0.02	9.5	10.9	0.01
Social relationships	12.0 (2.5)	13.0 (2.6)	0.05	11.8	12.9	0.05
Environment^1	10.5 (2.7)	10.8 (2.4)	0.41	9.8	10.2	0.32

¹Logarithmic transformation was applied.
²Adjusted for gender, education, and marital status, being on ART, and years after HIV diagnosis.