Table 4 Assessment of factors associated with subscale CPQ11-14 rates of 88 children with AIDS, São Paulo, 2009.
From: Oral health-related quality of life of paediatric patients with AIDS
CPQ11-14 | Oral symptoms | RR(95%CI)(1) | Functional limitations | RR(95%CI) (1) | Emotional wellbeing | RR(95%CI) (1) | Social wellbeing | RR(95%CI) (1) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | significance | Mean | significance | Mean | significance | Mean | significance | ||
Socio-demographic characteristics | |||||||||
Gender | Girls | 5.3 | 0.85 (0.67-1.08) | 8.1 | 1.08 (0.83-1.39) | 7.3 | 1.07 (0.71-1.60) | 8.5 | 1.09 (0.76-1.57) |
Boys | 6.1 | P = 0.186 | 7.4 | P = 0.571 | 6.7 | P = 0.760 | 7.6 | P = 0.642 | |
Household crowding (2) | Yes | 6.0 | 1.08 (0.81-1.44) | 8.2 | 1.08 (0.82-1.41) | 7.3 | 1.09 (0.65-1.78) | 7.8 | 0.95 (0.62-1.46) |
No | 5.6 | P = 0.600 | 7.6 | P = 0.599 | 6.8 | P = 0.736 | 8.2 | P = 0.803 | |
Household ownership | Yes | 5.2 | 0.78 (0.60-1.00) | 7.4 | 0.89 (0.68-1.15) | 7.1 | 1.07 (0.69-1.64) | 8.0 | 1.00 (0.69-1.45) |
No | 6.7 | P = 0.050* | 8.4 | P = 0.370 | 6.8 | P = 0.772 | 8.1 | P = 0.982 | |
Health behaviour | |||||||||
Who is the caretaker | Other | 5.9 | 1.07 (0.83-1.37) | 8.5 | 1.18 (0.91-1.52) | 7.0 | 1.00 (0.66-1.51) | 10.0 | 1.54 (1.08-2.18) |
Mother | 5.6 | P = 0.593 | 7.2 | P = 0.209 | 7.0 | P = 0.999 | 6.5 | P = 0.017 | |
Toothbrush | 2 or more | 5.4 | 0.74 (0.53-1.03) | 7.4 | 0.74 (0.57-0.97) | 6.1 | 0.51 (0.32-0.80) | 7.7 | 0.75 (0.52-1.08) |
Less than 2 | 7.1 | P = 0.076 | 9.7 | P = 0.031* | 11.3 | P = 0.003* | 9.7 | P = 0.121 | |
AIDS-related variables | |||||||||
Clinical status | Severe symptoms | 5.8 | 0.99 (0.78-1.26) | 8.3 | 1.13 (0.87-1.46) | 7.6 | 1.13 (0.75-1.71) | 9.4 | 1.30 (0.90-1.87) |
Absent, mild or moderate symptoms | 5.7 | P = 0.964 | 7.3 | P = 0.363 | 6.6 | P = 0.558 | 7.1 | P = 0.160 | |
CD4+ count (3) | Low for age | 5.2 | 0.80 (0.62-1.03) | 9.4 | 1.41 (1.12-1.78) | 7.1 | 0.96 (0.63-1.45) | 7.9 | 0.92 (0.90-1.87) |
Normal for age | 6.1 | P = 0.080 | 6.6 | P = 0.004* | 6.9 | P = 0.837 | 8.1 | P = 0.658 | |
Viral load (4) | ≥10,000 | 7.1 | 1.39 (1.07-1.82) | 10.0 | 1.46 (1.14-1.87) | 9.8 | 1.69 (1.12-2.54) | 10.9 | 1.61 (1.11-2.34) |
< 10,000 | 5.2 | P = 0.015* | 6.9 | P = 0.003* | 5.9 | P = 0.013* | 6.9 | P = 0.012* | |