Change in multidimensional problems and quality of life over three months after HIV diagnosis: a multicentre longitudinal study in Kenya and Uganda

Table 2 Mixed-effects models for multidimensional problems and health-related quality of life over time

		physical health score		mental health score		APCA POS Physical/ psych. Problems		APCA POS Interpersonal problems		APCA POS Existential problems
Variable	Reference group	Coeff (95% CI)	p	Coeff (95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p	OR 95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p
Week	0	0·28 (0·16, 0·40)	< 0·001	0·35 (0·25, 0·45)	< 0·001	0·97 (0·92, 1·02)	0·259	0·91 (0·87, 0.94)	< 0·001	0·95 (0·90, 1·00)	0·056
Physical function	Fully active	−8·69 (−10·18, −7·21)	< 0·001	−4·93 (−6·09, −3·76)	< 0·001	4·29 (2·94, 6·26)	< 0·001	0·86 (0·63, 1·19)	0·373	2·92 (1·89, 4.50)	< 0·001
Gender	Male	0·81 (−0·48, 2·09)	0·218	0·23 (−1·11, 1·58)	0·733	1·22 (0·75, 2·00)	0·420	0·92 (0·59, 1·44)	0·717	0·69 (0·39, 1·23)	0·208
Age group	18–25	0·50 (−0·58, 1·59)	0·365	1·17 (0·03, 2·30)	0·045	1·28 (0·87, 1·87)	0·213	0·76 (0·54, 1·09)	0·133	0·65 (0·41, 1·03)	0·067
Poverty quintile	Poorest	0·46 (0·04, 0·88)	0·033	0·38 (−0.05, 0·81)	0·082	0·76 (0·64, 0·91)	0·002	1·19 (1·02, 1·39)	0·031	0·88 (0·71, 1·07)	0·204
ART	No ART	0·71 (−0·51, 1·92)	0·256	1.44 (0.11, 2.76)	0·033	0·51 (0·31, 0·82)	0·005	0·61 (0·39, 0·95)	0·028	0·86 (0·49, 1·52)	0·605
Country	Kenya	−0·98 (−2·19, 0·24)	0·114	−2·48 (−3·81, −1·15)	< 0·001	1·70 (1·07, 2·71)	0·026	1·01 (0·66, 1·55)	0·969	3·05 (1·72, 5·42)	< 0·001

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