Table 3 Patient’s situation data sorted by age group, expressed as the percentage of affirmative answers
Section | Parameter assessed | 50–55 | 56–65 | 66–75 | > 75 | Sig. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General information | Good Overall health perception | 81.5 | 69.9 | 69.4 | 91.7 | 0.008 | |
Retired | 26.9 | 53.8 | 98.9 | 100 | < 0.001 | ||
Exercise | Minimum | 62.9 | 66.8 | 68.1 | 84.6 | 0.350 | |
Regular | 43.1 | 43.0 | 45.6 | 53.8 | 0.858 | ||
Regular eating habit | 89.5 | 91.3 | 97.7 | 92.3 | 0.129 | ||
Struggles to remember taking ART | 13.0 | 9.9 | 7.1 | 23.1 | 0.207 | ||
Undetectable viral load | 78.8 | 73.0 | 60.8 | 63.6 | 0.020 | ||
Living alone | 29.8 | 34.4 | 45.1 | 69.2 | 0.003 | ||
HIV status sharing | 62.0 | 53.1 | 40.0 | 30.8 | 0.001 | ||
Financial problems | 39.0 | 46.2 | 34.5 | 23.1 | 0.082 | ||
Psychological problems | Weariness | 39.7 | 47.4 | 39.5 | 30.8 | 0.207 | |
Depression | 32.7 | 33.6 | 27.3 | 0.0 | 0.097 | ||
Loneliness | 27.7 | 29.7 | 31.8 | 15.4 | 0.619 | ||
Memory problems | 28.0 | 29.1 | 16.7 | 23.1 | 0.143 | ||
Mean score | 32.0 | 35.0 | 28.8 | 17.3 | – | ||
Social sphere | Active social life | 70.7 | 58.4 | 54.4 | 46.2 | 0.005 | |
Active sexual life | 58.3 | 49.7 | 30.3 | 7.7 | < 0.001 | ||
Has Friends and Family | 88.0 | 80.3 | 71.4 | 83.3 | 0.004 | ||
Mean score | 72.3 | 62.8 | 52.0 | 45.7 | – | ||
Specific/geriatric conditions | Sleep | 38.1 | 42.8 | 42.2 | 50.0 | 0.638 | |
Hearing | 21.1 | 24.2 | 29.7 | 46.2 | 0.106 | ||
Visual | 59.4 | 50.7 | 43.3 | 69.2 | 0.025 | ||
Mobility | 21.2 | 24.1 | 38.2 | 23.1 | 0.016 | ||
Sexual | 23.0 | 26.3 | 32.9 | 20.0 | 0.359 | ||
Mean score | 32.6 | 33.6 | 37.3 | 41.7 | – | ||