Table 3 Changes in health status and quality of life among participants

Being hospitalized in the last 3 months

5

2.1

13

5.4

0.05

0.09*

Having any health problem in the last 30 days

32

13.1

24

10.0

0.28

0.05*

 HBV

22

9.0

29

12.2

0.25

0.05*

 HCV

55

22.5

61

25.7

0.41

0.04*

 Opportunistic infections

4

1.6

6

2.5

0.50

0.03*

 HIV/AIDS

27

11.1

32

13.4

0.44

0.04*

Quality of life (WHOQoL- BREF)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p-value

Effect size

 Physical health

60.1

12.9

63.1

12.4

0.02

0.24^†

 Psychological

61.4

12.4

64.3

11.8

0.01

0.24^†

 Social relationships

50.5

14.8

53.7

15.9

0.01

0.21^†

 Environment

59.1

11.4

61.7

11.2

0.01

0.23^†