Table 2 Patient’s situation data sorted by location, expressed as the percentage of affirmative answers
Section | Parameter assessed | Africa | CSA | WE | SEEE | Sig | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General information | Median age | 54.6 | 57.4 | 57.5 | 60.3 | – | |
Good Overall health perception | 90.0 | 86.8 | 73.6 | 72.5 | 0.034 | ||
Retired | 61.9 | 35.2 | 43.8 | 56.7 | 0.001 | ||
Exercise | Minimum | 65.3 | 66.5 | 64.8 | 69.4 | 0.500 | |
Regular | 54.3 | 46.7 | 40.2 | 50.8 | 0.040 | ||
Regular eating habit | 90.5 | 80.9 | 93.8 | 92.1 | 0.010 | ||
Struggles to remember taking ART | 19.0 | 15.3 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 0.384 | ||
Undetectable viral load | 95.2 | 90.1 | 96.9 | 49.1 | < 0.001 | ||
Living alone | 23.8 | 31.9 | 26.5 | 40.2 | 0.005 | ||
HIV status sharing | 90.5 | 76.4 | 63.7 | 41.9 | < 0.001 | ||
Financial problems | 90.5 | 46.4 | 30.2 | 45.6 | < 0.001 | ||
Psychological problems | Weariness | 38.9 | 37.1 | 45.8 | 41.3 | 0.554 | |
Depression | 52.6 | 25.4 | 24.5 | 37.2 | < 0.001 | ||
Loneliness | 45.0 | 23.2 | 22.3 | 33.1 | 0.010 | ||
Memory problems | 33.3 | 20.6 | 36.7 | 20.4 | < 0.001 | ||
Mean score | 42.5 | 26.6 | 32.3 | 33.0 | – | ||
Social sphere | Active social life | 71.4 | 71.8 | 80.1 | 49.4 | < 0.001 | |
Active sexual life | 35.0 | 54.2 | 55.4 | 46.0 | 0.069 | ||
Has Friends and Family | 85.7 | 98.6 | 91.6 | 73.7 | < 0.001 | ||
Mean score | 64.0 | 74.9 | 75.7 | 56.4 | – | ||
Specific/geriatric conditions | Sleep | 35.0 | 38.9 | 38.5 | 42.7- | 0.702 | |
Hearing | 15.0 | 21.4 | 25.2 | 24.5 | 0.715 | ||
Visual | 73.7 | 58.3 | 58.7 | 48.1 | 0.017 | ||
Mobility | 30.0 | 16.7 | 21.3 | 28.5 | 0.077 | ||
Sexual | 15.0 | 23.5 | 21.4 | 30.3 | 0.079 | ||
Mean score | 33.7 | 31.8 | 33.0 | 34.8 | – | ||