Health-Related Quality of Life in People Living with HIV in Southwest Iran in 2018: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Factors associated with the quality of life in HIV⁺ patients referred to Abadan’s VCT center; simple analysis.

			value
Age	0.07	0.22	0.749
Sex
Male	1
Female	14.89	3.97	0.001
Marital status
Never married	1
Married	15.04	4.63	0.002
Widowed/divorce	10.97	5.33	0.041
Residency
Urban	1
Rural	10.02	5.44	0.068
Years of education
0	1
1–5	5.47	9.25	0.555
6–8	7.16	8.47	0.400
9–12	16.22	8.68	0.064
>12	15.75	11.21	0.162
Employment status
Unemployed	1
Employed	−5.02	4.72	0.289
Housewife	11.51	5.14	0.027
Duration of infection
Less than 5 years	1
More than 5 years	18.25	3.82	0.001
Transmission route
Injection	1
Sexual	14.77	4.18	0.001
Unknown	11.31	5.51	0.042
Antiretroviral therapy
No	1
Yes	25.96	7.13	0.001
CD4 cell count
Less than 350	1
More than 350	3.22	3.99	0.421
Drug use
No	1
Yes	−2.41	5.30	0.650
History of drug injection
No	1
Yes	−13.89	3.82	0.001
Clinical stage
Asymptomatic	1
Symptomatic	-6.30	5.15	0.223
AIDS	-8.38	6.91	0.227

Significant at 0.05 level.