Health-Related Quality of Life and Coping Strategies in a Cohort Study of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Naïve Patients Adherence

Table 4

Correlation between QoL domains and coping strategies.

Spearman correlation (ρ)	12 months				24 months
	PFC	EFC	SRP	SSS	PFC	EFC	SRP	SSS
Physical (D1)	0.307	−0.226	−0.089	−0.058	0.043	−0.238	−0.066	−0.115
Psychological (D2)	0.328	−0.454	−0.050	0.050	0.260	−0.413	−0.037	0.002
Level of independence(D3)	0.220	−0.191	−0.221	0.004	0.065	−0.227	−0.191	0.027
Social relationships (D4)	0.471	−0.399	−0.215	0.266	0.304	−0.376	−0.031	0.248
Environment (D5)	0.383	−0.352	−0.200	0.163	0.320	−0.363	−0.096	0.179
Spirituality/religion/personal beliefs(D6)	0.095	−0.397	−0.090	−0.134	0.123	−0.392	−0.139	−0.077
Total quality of life (TQoL)	0.413	−0.438	−0.201	0.089	0.210	−0.475	−0.149	−0.061

; n: 103 (12 months); n: 99 (24months). QoL: quality of life; PFC: problem-focused coping; EFC: emotion-focused coping; SRP: search for religious practices/fanciful thinking; SSS: search for social support.