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Table 3 Family support and discrimination over time

From: Family support, discrimination, and quality of life among ART-treated HIV-infected patients: a two-year study in China

Items

 

Baseline

6 month

12 month

24 month

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Disclosed HIV positive status to family

Yes

265

81.3

232

92.8

242

93.1

237

96.7

No or no any family

61

18.7

18

7.2

18

6.9

8

3.3

Family provides supports

No

27

9.6

20

8.2

10

4.5

13

5.7

Yes

254

90.4

224

91.8

210

95.5

217

94.3

Family provides psychological support

Yes

228

80.3

193

79.1

186

84.5

180

78.3

No

56

19.7

51

20.9

34

15.5

50

21.7

Family provides financial support

Yes

207

72.9

176

72.1

147

66.8

127

55.2

no

77

27.1

68

27.9

73

33.2

103

44.8

Family provides physical care support

yes

182

64.1

175

71.7

164

74.5

149

64.8

No

102

35.9

69

28.3

56

25.5

81

35.2

Satisfaction with decision to disclose HIV+ status to family

Satisfied/Very satisfied

224

84.8

186

80.5

180

86.1

199

90.5

Somewhat (or not) satisfied

40

15.2

45

19.5

29

13.9

21

9.5

Felt discrimination from family

Yes

35

12.8

22

9.6

21

10.0

12

5.5

Never

239

87.2

207

90.4

189

90.0

207

94.5

Patients have found themselves not visiting family because patients thought they would not be welcomed

Yes

79

28.1

45

18.7

39

18.1

30

13.3

Never

202

71.9

196

81.3

176

81.9

195

86.7

Patient fears abandonment by family

Yes

50

20.7

37

16.2

24

12.0

18

8.4

No

192

79.3

191

83.8

176

88.0

197

91.6