The symptom experience of people living with HIV and AIDS in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Table 2 Demographic, social and health status information and predicting HIV symptom intensity from demographic, social and disease characteristics

Independent variables	N	M (SD)	Regression equation
		Symptom intensity	1 (adjusted R square = .08)	2 (adjusted R square = .16)	3(adjusted R square = .20)
Gender			Beta	Beta	Beta
Male	104	24.6 (12.3)	.07	.01	.02
Female	406	25.9 (13.9)
Age
< 35 years	352	24.9 (13.4)	.05	.13*	.07
35 years and more	253	27.7 (14.0)
Educational level
Grade 7 and less	158	30.0 (14.5)	-.20	-.18**	-.07
Grade 8–11	296	26.1 (13.3)
Grade 12 and above	152	22.2 (12.6)
Geolocality
1. Rural	255	22.6 (13.4)	--	--	--
2. Informal settlements (shanty towns or squatter camps)	40	29.9 (13.1)	.13***	.08	.14
3. Urban	212	28.3 (13.3)	.20***	.19**	.05
Do you have health insurance?
Yes	53	23.9 (13.6)		.11*	.17*
No	455	25.8 (13.3)
Often or sometimes not enough food in past 12 months
Yes	292	29.0 (13.5)		.14*	.28***
No	211	21.9 (12.8)
Disability grant for advanced HIV
Yes	213	25.5 (13.1)		-.19***	-.12
No	111	31.3 (15.0)
Disability grant stopped
Yes	78	30.5 (15.2)		.06	.15
No	209	25.4 (13.2)
Have you been given an AIDS diagnosis?
Yes	349	27.5 (13.0)			-.00
No	157	21.6 (13.9)
Hospitalized in past 3 months
Yes	81	29.7 (13.7)			.11
No	425	24.9 (13.5)
Most recent CD4
< 200	196	28.4 (13.4)			-.12
200–350	145	26.2 (13.8)
> 350	169	23.7 (14.1)
ART
Yes	292	26.0 (13.0)			.27***
No	297	26.2 (14.3)
ART
One year and more	123	25.2 (13.4)			-.13
None or less than one year	109	29.2 (14.1)
Taking traditional medicine for HIV
Yes	40	26.2 (13.5)			-.11
No	549	26.3 (15.8)

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