Research Article
Health-Related Quality of Life in People Living with HIV in Southwest Iran in 2018: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Characteristics of HIV+ patients referred to Abadan’s VCT center.
| | Characteristics | Total () | Men () | Women () |
| | Age | | | | | Age (years) | | | | | ≤30 | 30 (22.4) | 13 (14.4) | 17 (38.6) | | 31-40 | 57(42.5) | 39 (43.3) | 18 (40.9) | | 41-50 | 37 (27.6) | 32 (35.6) | 5 (11.4) | | 51≤ | 10 (7.5) | 6 (6.7) | 4 (9.1) | | Marital status | | | | | Never married | 34 (25.4) | 34 (37.8) | — | | Married | 66 (49.2) | 40 (44.8) | 26 (59.1) | | Widowed/divorce | 34 (25.4) | 16 (17.8) | 18 (40.9) | | Residency | | | | | Urban | 114 (85.1) | 82 (91.1) | 32 (72.7) | | Rural | 20 (14.9) | 8 (8.9) | 12 (27.3) | | Years of education | | | | | 0 | 8 (6.0) | 6 (6.7) | 2 (4.5) | | 1–5 | 22 (16.4) | 12 (13.3) | 10 (22.7) | | 6–8 | 56 (41.8) | 46 (51.1) | 10 (22.7) | | 9–12 | 40 (29.9) | 20 (22.2) | 20 (45.5) | | >12 | 8 (6.0) | 6 (6.7) | 2 (4.5) | | Employment status | | | | | Unemployed | 32 (23.9) | 30 (30.3) | 2 (4.5) | | Employed | 62 (46.2) | 60 (66.7) | 2 (4.5) | | Housewife | 40 (29.9) | — | 40 (90.9) | | Duration of infection | | | | | Less than 5 years | 88 (65.7) | 62 (68.9) | 26 (59.1) | | More than 5 years | 46 (34.3) | 28 (31.1) | 18 (40.9) | | Transmission route | | | | | Injection | 70 (52.2) | 70 (77.8) | — | | Sexual | 44 (32.8) | 10 (11.1) | 34 (77.3) | | Unknown | 20 (14.9) | 10 (11.1) | 10 (22.7) | | Antiretroviral therapy | 124 (92.5) | 80 (88.9) | 44 (100.0) | | CD4 cell count | | | | | Less than 350 | 54 (40.3) | 42 (46.7) | 12 (27.3) | | More than 350 | 80 (59.7) | 48 (53.3) | 32 (72.7) | | Drug use | 22 (16.4) | 22 (24.4) | — | | History of drug injection | 80 (59.7) | 76 (84.4) | 4 (9.1) | | Clinical stage | | | | | Asymptomatic | 98 (73.1) | 64 (71.1) | 34 (77.3) | | Symptomatic | 24 (17.9) | 18 (20.0) | 6 (13.6) | | AIDS | 12 (9.0) | 8 (8.9) | 4 (9.1) |
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Qualitative variables are reported as a number (percentage) and quantitative variables as deviations. |
