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Table 3 Association of OHRQoL with demographic characteristics PLHIV in comparison to HIV-negative individuals

From: Oral health-related quality of life among people living with HIV and HIV-negative adults in Kigali, Rwanda: a comparative cross-sectional study

Variables

PLHIV

P value

HIV-negative

P value

High impact

n(%)

Neutral impact

n(%)

Low impact

n(%)

High impact

n(%)

Neutral impact

n(%)

Low impact

n(%)

AGE

       

0.001

 18–35

11 (18.03)

25 (40.98)

25 (40.98)

0.645

9 (7.76)

41 (35.34)

66 (56.90)

 36+

25 (17.99)

66 (47.48)

48 (34.53)

11 (13.10)

48 (57.14)

25 (29.76)

SEX

        

 Male

8 (9.09)

42 (47.73)

38 (43.18)

0.011

8 (8.99)

35 (39.33)

46 (51.69)

0.0290

 Female

28 (25.00)

49 (43.75)

35 (31.25)

12 (10.81)

54 (48.65)

45 (40.54)

UBUDEHE (SES)

        

 Cat 1&2 (poor)

12 (18.46)

29 (44.62)

24 (36.92)

0.984

9 (9.28)

43 (44.33)

45 (46.39)

0.936

 Cat 3& 4 (Rich)

24 (17.78)

62 (45.93)

49 (36.30)

11 (10.68))

46 (44.66)

46 (44.66)

OCCUPATION

        

 employed

14 (21.88)

35 (54.69)

15 (23.44)

0.031

4 (99.09)

20 (45.45)

20 (45.45)

0.971

 unemployed

22 (16.18)

56 (41.18)

58 (42.65)

16 (10.26)

69 (44.23)

71 (45.51)

  1. • UBUDEHE: mean socio-economic status in Rwanda and its categories are defined as follow:
  2. Category 1: Families who do not own a house and can hardly afford basic needs
  3. Category 2 Those who have a dwelling of their own or are able to rent one but rarely get full time jobs
  4. Category 3: Those who have a job and farmers and go beyond subsistence farming to produce a surplus which can be sold. Also include those with small and medium enterprises who can provide employment to dozens of people
  5. Category 4: Those who own large-scale business, individuals working with international organizations and industries as well as public servants