Table 2.

Socioeconomic characteristics and health status of participants.

Characteristics	Intervention group (n=238), mean (SD)	Control group (n=187), mean (SD)	Total (N=425), mean (SD)	P value
Age (years)	36.9 (7.4)	40.9 (7.0)	38.6 (7.5)	<.001
Duration of ARTa (years)	6.1 (3.4)	7.8 (3.1)	6.8 (3.3)	<.001
CD4 count at treatment initiation (cells/µL)	230.7 (204.7)	206.4 (199.6)	220.4 (202.8)	.03
PHQ-9b score (range 0-27)	3.9 (3.5)	4.1 (3.3)	3.9 (4.4)	.88

^aART: antiretroviral therapy.

^bPHQ-9: 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire.