Status and associated factors of self-management in people living with HIV/AIDS in Liangshan area, China: a cross-sectional study

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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of people living with HIV and univariate analysis of self-management (N=322)

			Self-management
Characteristics	Mean (SD)	N (%)	Mean (SD)	Test statistics	P-value
Age (years)	39.22±9.59			r=0.041	0.468
Gender
Male		198 (61.5)	37.85±7.11	T=−1.304	0.193
Female		124 (38.5)	38.92±7.25
Education level
Illiterate		168 (52.2)	36.39±5.79	F=17.107	<0.001
Primary school		64 (19.8)	37.20±8.14
Junior high school		57 (17.7)	42.68±7.21
Senior high school and above		33 (10.2)	42.22±6.90
Marital status
Unmarried		36 (11.2)	39.00±8.92	F=4.652	<0.001
Married		215 (66.8)	37.33±6.45
Divorced		33 (10.2)	41.73±7.59
Widowed		38 (11.8)	39.82±7.17
Nation
Han nationality		76 (23.6)	42.90±7.56	T=6.900	<0.001
Yi nationality		246 (76.4)	36.83±6.42
Religion
Local religion		207 (64.3)	36.52±5.71	T=−6.169	<0.001
Non-local religion		115 (35.7)	41.39±8.40
Resident place
Urban		52 (16.1)	44.35±6.97	T=7.196	<0.001
Rural		270 (83.9)	37.09±6.60
Occupation
Peasant		243 (75.5)	37.44±7.10	T=−3.692	<0.001
Non-peasant		79 (24.5)	40.80±6.83
HIMPC (yuan)
0–499		250 (77.6)	37.24±6.67	F=14.428	<0.001
500–999		26 (8.1)	39.58±8.34
≥1,000		46 (14.3)	7.198±1.06
Infection route
Sex		143 (44.4)	39.43±7.43	F=7.869	<0.001
IDU/Blood		118 (36.6)	36.22±6.67
Unclear		61 (18.9)	39.46±7.17
Symptom
No		88 (27.3)	40.86±8.83	T=4.090	<0.001
Yes		234 (72.7)	37.28±6.18
Research site
Zhaojue County		226 (70.2)	36.28±5.91	T=−8.397	<0.001
Xichang City		96 (29.8)	42.93±7.73
Disease duration (months)	62.62±45.20			r=0.055	0.334
Social support	54.21±18.68			r=0.351	<0.001

Abbreviations: HIMPC, household per capita monthly income; IDU, injection drug use; SD, standard deviation.

Table 2 Multiple linear regression on self-management of people living with HIV

	Self-management
Parameters	B	SEE	β	95% CI	P-value
Resident place (ref: urban)	−3.538	1.208	−0.182	[−5.915–1.162]	0.004
Nation (ref: Han nationality)	−2.757	1.005	−0.164	[−4.735–0.779]	0.006
Gender (ref: male)	1.456	0.721	0.099	[0.038–2.873]	0.044
Education level (ref: illiterate)	0.563	0.437	0.082	[−0.296–1.422]	0.198
Social support	0.127	0.019	0.332	[0.091–0.164]	<0.001
Marital status (ref: unmarried)
Married	0.881	1.144	0.058	[−1.370–3.133]	0.442
Divorced	4.021	1.458	0.170	[1.153–6.889]	0.006
Widowed	3.262	1.485	0.147	[0.341–6.184]	0.029

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; SEE, standard error of estimation.