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

*The total percent is not 100 due to missing data.