Table 2.
Characteristics of participants.
| All participants | Chose LA-ART at least once | Never chose LA-ART | P-valuea | |
| N | 700 (100%) | 626 (89%) | 74 (11%) | |
| Scenarios chose current therapy (mean, SD) | 5.4 (6.4) | 4.0 (5.3) | 17.0 (0) | <0.01 |
| Survey duration in minutes (mean, SD) | 30.5 (11.3) | 30.6 (11.3) | 29.4 (11.3) | 0.37 |
| Comprehension questions correct on first try, out of five questions (mean, SD) | 4.5 (0.8) | 4.5 (0.8) | 4.2 (0.9) | <0.01 |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
| Washington State participant | 350 (50%) | 333 (53%) | 17 (23%) | <0.01 |
| Atlanta participant | 350 (50%) | 293 (47%) | 57 (77%) | <0.01 |
| Age in years (mean, SD) | 48.6 (12.1) | 48.1 (12.3) | 53.4 (9.7) | <0.01 |
| Black raceb | 347 (50%) | 297 (47%) | 50 (68%) | <0.01 |
| White raceb | 279 (40%) | 262 (42%) | 17 (23%) | <0.01 |
| Other raceb | 90 (13%) | 83 (13%) | 7 (9%) | 0.36 |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 61 (9%) | 57 (9%) | 4 (5%) | 0.29 |
| Female gender | 168 (24%) | 139 (22%) | 29 (39%) | <0.01 |
| Transgenderc | 21 (3%) | 19 (3%) | 2 (3%) | 0.87 |
| Heterosexual | 227 (32%) | 191 (31%) | 36 (49%) | <0.01 |
| Works full time | 192 (27%) | 182 (29%) | 10 (14%) | <0.01 |
| Education – high school or less | 243 (35%) | 196 (31%) | 47 (64%) | <0.01 |
| Income – less than $2000/month | 438 (63%) | 385 (62%) | 53 (72%) | 0.09 |
| HIV-related characteristics | ||||
| Year since HIV diagnosis (mean, SD) | 17.9 (9.8) | 17.5 (9.8) | 20.9 (9.2) | <0.01 |
| Years on ART (mean, SD) | 15.6 (8.7) | 15.2 (8.6) | 19.4 (8.5) | <0.01 |
| ART for <5 years | 63 (9%) | 58 (9%) | 5 (7%) | 0.48 |
| Viral load ≤40 copies/mL | 586 (84%) | 525 (84%) | 61 (82%) | 0.75 |
| CD4 count <200 cells/μl | 51 (7%) | 47 (8%) | 4 (5%) | 0.51 |
| CD4 count 200–349 cells/μl | 92 (13%) | 82 (13%) | 10 (14%) | 0.92 |
| Past HIV regimens: 0 or 1 | 184 (26%) | 160 (26%) | 24 (32%) | 0.20 |
| AIDS ever diagnosed | 292 (42%) | 262 (42%) | 30 (41%) | 0.83 |
| Good adherenced | 370 (53%) | 318 (51%) | 52 (70%) | <0.01 |
| Can get to HIV clinic easily | 539 (77%) | 478 (76%) | 61 (82%) | 0.24 |
| Other health-related characteristics | ||||
| Injection drug use | 18 (3%) | 16 (3%) | 2 (3%) | 0.94 |
| Pills for non-HIV per day: 0 or 1 | 254 (36%) | 229 (37%) | 25 (34%) | 0.64 |
| Aversion to injectionse | 267 (38%) | 222 (35%) | 45 (61%) | <0.01 |
| Substance usef | ||||
| Tobacco | 117 (17%) | 94 (15%) | 23 (31%) | <0.01 |
| Alcohol | 61 (9%) | 46 (7%) | 15 (20%) | <0.01 |
| Marijuana | 21 (3%) | 19 (3%) | 2 (3%) | 0.87 |
| Otherg | 626 (89%) | 558 (89%) | 68 (92%) | 0.47 |
| Mental health disordersf | ||||
| Depressiveh | 297 (42%) | 261 (42%) | 36 (49%) | 0.25 |
| Anxiety | 136 (19%) | 128 (20%) | 8 (11%) | 0.05 |
| PTSD | 31 (4%) | 28 (4%) | 3 (4%) | 0.87 |
| Psychosis | 32 (5%) | 30 (5%) | 3 (4%) | 0.42 |
| Characteristics that participant preferred not to disclose | ||||
| Identity-relatedi | 47 (7%) | 42 (7%) | 5 (7%) | 0.99 |
| Income and work | 79 (11%) | 64 (10%) | 15 (20%) | 0.01 |
| Education | 25 (4%) | 19 (3%) | 3 (4%) | 0.03 |
| HIV-relatedj | 14 (2%) | 11 (2%) | 3 (4%) | 0.18 |
| AIDS – ever diagnosed | 14 (2%) | 13 (2%) | 1 (1%) | 0.67 |
| Other health-relatedk | 14 (2%) | 9 (1%) | 5 (7%) | <0.01 |
| No consent to link chart data | 30 (4%) | 25 (4%) | 5 (7%) | 0.27 |
Characteristics of 700 participants in a discrete choice experiment examining patient preferences for long-acting antiretroviral therapies. All participants were age 18+ and living with HIV. SD, standard deviation; LA-ART, long-acting antiretroviral therapy; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder.
P-values are from two-sided t-test for equality between Ever LA-ART and Never LA-ART.
Race categories were not mutually exclusive.
Transgender were individuals who self-reported as a transman or transwoman.
Good adherence was defined as reporting to always or almost always take ART as instructed.
Aversion to injections was defined as reporting strongly agree or somewhat agree with the statement ‘I HATE getting injections and try to avoid getting them whenever possible.’
Substance use and mental health disorders were extracted from medical chart review.
Other substances consist of benzodiazepines, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines, opioids, or ‘other.’
Depressive mental health disorders included bipolar, dysthymia, depression, mood, and suicidality.
Identity-related characteristics included gender, sexual orientation, and race.
HIV-related characteristics (preferred not to disclose) included ART initiation year, HIV diagnosis year, number of past regimens, ART adherence, and getting to clinic easily.
Other health-related characteristics (preferred not to disclose) included number of non-HIV pills, and aversion to injections.