Characterizing the disability experience among adults living with HIV: a structural equation model using the HIV disability questionnaire (HDQ) within the HIV, health and rehabilitation survey

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 HIV Disability Questionnaire (HDQ) Scores (n = 941)

Disability Dimension	Median Presence Score (IQR)	Median Severity Score (IQR)	Median Episodic Score (IQR) [Range; n]
Physical Symptoms and Impairments	55 (35–75)	21 (11–32)	10 (0–35) [0–100; 657]*
Cognitive Symptoms and Impairments	67 (0–100)	17 (0–33)	0 (0–33) [0–100; 866]
Mental-Emotional Symptoms and Impairments	73 (36–95)	27 (14–48)	0 (0–36) [0–100; 808]
Uncertainty	79 (57–93)*	38 (21–55)*	0 (0–21) [0–100; 811]
Difficulties Carrying out Day-to-Day Activities	33 (0–78)	11 (0–31)	0 (0–22) [0–100; 823]
Challenges to Social Inclusion	67 (33–92)	29 (12–48)	0 (0–8) [0–100; 798]
HDQ Total Score	62 (41–78)	25 (13–40)	6 (0–26) [0–99]

IQR interquartile range; HDQ HIV Disability Questionnaire; HDQ scores range from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating a greater presence, severity and episodic nature of disability; *Boldface indicates highest scores across HDQ domains for each scale; n for episodic scores specified for each HDQ domain because imputation not performed due to increased missing responses for these items