Health related quality of life of HIV/AIDS patients on highly active anti-retroviral therapy at a university referral hospital in Ethiopia

Table 3 Test of significance of variation (Independent sample t test) in HQoL by socio-demographic characteristics and disease variables, GURH 2014

Variables		Physical health	Psychological health	Level of independence	Social relation	Environmental health	Spirituality
Sex	Male	15.392	13.829	14.966	12.237	12.897	15.663
	Female	15.675	14.020	15.516	12.004	12.678	15.310
	T-test	−0.928	−0.676**	−1.686	0.814	0.940	1.011**
Age	<30	15.636	13.966	15.452	12.191	13.130	15.369
	≥30	15.489	13.912	15.148	12.057	12.549	15.535
	T-test	0.472	0.189**	0.914	0.457	2.455	−0.465
Residence	Urban	15.657	14.134	15.411	12.119	12.804	15.575
	Rural	15.250	13.392	14.879	12.083	12.703	15.185
	T-test	1.190	−0.676	1.454*	0.114	0.385	0.998
Current acute illness	Yes	13.9380	12.6822	13.7752	11.2171	12.1473	14.0465
	No	16.3134	14.5403	15.9851	12.5410	13.1119	16.1381
	T-test	−7.7940	−6.4950	−6.6750	−4.4420	−3.9520	−5.8500
CD-4 count	< 500	15.2973	13.7838	14.9414	11.9189	12.4910	15.4279
	≥ 500	15.8596	14.1213	15.6742	12.3483	13.1348	15.5225
	T-test	−1.8420	−1.1990	−2.2520	−1.501	−2.7740	−0.2700

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