Characteristics

HIV uninfected caregiver spouses (n = 55)

HIV uninfected participants (n = 63)

p value

Socio-demographic characteristics

^*Age (mean, SD)

34.27 (7.41)

33.16 (6.23)

0.491

Gender (n, female%)

31 (56.4%)

38 (60.3%)

0.664

Employment (n, %)

40 (72.72%)

51 (80.95%)

0.289

^*Education (mean, SD)

6.73 (4.29)

7.76 (3.47)

0.218

BDI-II scores

^*Fast score (mean, SD)

1.92 (2.29)

1 (1.82)

0.002

^*Total score (mean, SD)

5.25 (6.42)

3.03 (4.36)

0.029

Total score > 13: (n, %)

3 (4.8%)

7 (12.7%)

0.12