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Table 4 Impact of family support, discrimination, clinical indicators, and demographic characteristics on overall quality of life

From: Family support, discrimination, and quality of life among ART-treated HIV-infected patients: a two-year study in China

Items

 

OR

95% CI

P

Disclosed HIV positive status to family

No

1.0

  

Yes

1.343

1.02–1.75

0.045*

Family provides support

No

1.0

  

Yes

2.74

1.68–4.47

0.040*

Family provides psychological support

No

1.0

  

Yes

1.356

0.63–1.19

0.040*

Family provides physical care support

No

1.0

  

Yes

2.72

1.41–5.27

0.029*

Satisfaction with decision to disclose HIV+ status to family

Somewhat (or not) satisfied

1.0

  

Satisfied/Very satisfied

1.61

1.18–2.18

0.037*

Felt discrimination from family

Yes

1.0

  

Never

1.30

1.07–1.59

0.041*

Patients have found themselves not visiting family because patient thought they would not be welcomed

Yes

1.0

  

Never

1.65

0.23–1.74

0.035*

Patient fears abandonment by family

Yes

1.0

  

Never

2.05

1.49–2.82

0.025*

Gender

Female

1.0

  

Male

0.72

0.61–0.85

0.056

Education level

No formal education

1.0

  

Primary school

1.05

0.62–1.74

0.932

Secondary school

0.95

0.57–1.58

0.921

High school

0.89

0.53–1.50

0.822

University or above

0.97

.055–1.72

0.963

Marital status

Married and cohabitating

1.0

  

Cohabiting but not married

0.73

0.53–1.00

0.321

Never married and not cohabitating

1.60

1.18–2.18

0.122

Divorced/separated & not cohabitating

0.81

0.62–1.05

0.409

Widowed and not cohabitating

1.91

1.10–3.31

0.242

Income

–

1.63

1.04–2.57

0.281

Age

–

1.00

0.99–1.01

0.978

CD4 cell count

–

1.22

0.87–1.71

0.559

AIDS staging

1

1.0

  

2

0.89

0.59–1.36

0.786

3

0.73

1.31–1.56

0.321

4

0.81

0.66–1.14

0.317

  1. * means P < 0.05 and there were statistically significance
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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