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Table 3 Associations of demographic factors and self-reported treatment qualities with domains of HRQoL, Coefficient (standardized errors) and AOR(95% CI)

From: Associations between treatment burden, self-reported treatment qualities, antiretroviral therapy obtainment, and health-related quality of life among Ugandan PLWH

Medical quality

Physical QoL

Psychological QoL

Social QoL

Environment QoL

General QoL

General health

VIF

Age

0.37*** (0.09)

0.65*** (0.09)

0.52*** (0.14)

0.49*** (0.09)

1.02(1.00-1.05)

0.98(0.95–1.02)

1.09

Sex (ref.: Female)

       

Male

0.67(2.14)

4.98** (2.26)

-2.03(2.98)

1.60 (2.06)

0.70(0.36–1.38)

0.20**(0.04–0.93)

1.06

Enough daily meals (ref.: No)

       

Yes

23.85*** (2.84)

17.40*** (3.00)

15.53*** (3.77)

21.31*** (2.73)

0.22***(0.10–0.46)

0.26**(0.09–0.72)

1.06

TASO member (ref.: No)

       

Yes

3.12(2.01)

4.15* (2.12)

5.12* (2.87)

3.71* (1.93)

0.81 (0.44–1.49)

 

1.09

Self-reported services quality(ref.: ≤average)

       

> average

-1.13(2.90)

-3.17(3.06)

4.28(4.14)

1.72(2.79)

0.86(0.39–1.91)

 

1.50

Self-reported advice quality(ref.: ≤average)

       

> average

19.62*** (3.95)

34.10*** (4.17)

17.11*** (5.31)

16.45*** (3.80)

  

1.23

Self-reported manners quality (ref.: ≤average)

       

> average

0.39(3.49)

-2.36(3.68)

0.57(4.64)

9.20*** (3.33)

  

1.51

Self-reported counseling quality (ref.: ≤average)

       

> average

8.72** (3.47)

4.72(3.66)

10.10** (4.72)

-3.82(3.35)

0.61(0.24–1.52)

0.59 (0.19–1.83)

1.40

R-squared

0.9443

0.9572

0.9268

0.9468

   

Adj R-squared

0.9425

0.9559

0.9235

0.9451

   
  1. Note: *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05 and ***p < 0.01. AOR = adjusted odds ratio. VIF = Variance Inflation Factor. Mean VIF = 1.24