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

Table 5

Bivariate associations between QoL and coping strategies with adherence at 12 and 24 months of follow-up.

Time condition	12 months		value	24 months		value
	Adherents	Nonadherents		Adherents	Nonadherents
	Md (p25–p75)	Md (p25–p75)		Md (p25–p75)	Md (p25–p75)
Quality of life domains
Physical	17.0(14.0–18,0)	18.0(16.5–19.5)	0.087	17.5(15.0–19.0)	18.0(16.0–19.0)	0.625
Psychological	16.0(13.6–17.6)	16.4(14.0–17.6)	0.510	16.0(14.4–17.6)	16.0(14.4–17.6)	0.604
Level of independence	16.0(14.0–18.0)	17(16.5–18.0)	0.069	17.0(14.5–18.0)	17.0(16.0–18.0)	0.285
Social relations	15.0(13.0–18.0)	14,5(12.0–17.0)	0.538	15.0(12.5–17.0)	17.0(14.0–18.0)	0.211
Environment	15.0(13.0–17.0)	15.0(13.0–16.8)	0.864	15.5(13.8–16.5)	15.0(14.0–17.0)	0.701
Spirituality	15.0(13.0–18.0)	17.0(13.5–19.5)	0.092	16.0(14.0–18.0)	15.0(13.0–17.0)	0.304
Total quality of life score	15.5(13.8–17.3)	16.8(14.3–17.5)	0.329	15.9(14.5–17.1)	15.8(14.8–17.8)	0.628
Coping strategies
Problem-focused strategies	3.9(3.4–4.3)	3.6(3.1–4.3)	0.260	3.9(3.4–4.3)	3.8(2.9–4.1)	0.123
Emotion-focused strategies	2.1(1.7–2.7)	2.1(1.8–2.3)	0.950	2.1(1.7–2.7)	2.2(1.9–2.5)	0.852
Search for religious practices/fanciful thinking	3.7(3.1–4.4)	3.6(2.7–4.4)	0.596	3.8(3.3–4.5)	3.8(3.4–4.4)	0.943
Search for social support	2.8(2.0–3.6)	2.2(1.8–2.9)	0.021	2.6(1.8–3.4)	2.6(2.2–3.2)	0.872

Bolded results are statistically significant ; Student’s t-test; Mann-Whitney U-test; QoL: quality of life; Md: median; p25–p75: interquartile range.