Table 1.
Overall demographic characteristics, healthcare behaviors, clinical measures, and risk behaviors of participants (N= 1442)
| Participant Characteristic | N or mean (% or SD) [range] |
|---|---|
| Dental Insurance | |
| Private | 247 (17.1%) |
| Ryan White | 186 (12.9%) |
| Medicaid/Medicare | 706 (48.8%) |
| None | 307 (21.2%) |
| Sociodemographics | |
| Age (years), mean | 49.4 (9.2) [26 – 81] |
| Race/Ethnicity | |
| White | 154 (10.7%) |
| Hispanic | 191 (13.3%) |
| Black | 1056 (73.2%) |
| Other | 41 (2.8%) |
| Education | |
| Less than high school | 476 (33.0%) |
| High school graduate | 458 (31.8%) |
| > High school graduate | 508 (35.2%) |
| Married (N=1418) | 274 (19.0%) |
| Employed | 522 (36.2%) |
| New Southern WIHS site | 554 (38.4%) |
| Healthcare Behaviors and Perceptions | |
| HIV care in last 6 months (N=1439) | 1262 (87.5%) |
| Self-perceived fair or poor oral health | 546 (37.9%) |
| Health care empowerment, mean (N=1420) | 34.3 (4.5) [8 – 40] |
| Clinical Measures | |
| CES-D≥16 (N=1437) | 442 (30.7%) |
| GAD≥10 (N=1438) | 262 (18.2%) |
| Viral Load below 200 copies/ml (N=1417) | 1218 (84.5%) |
| CD4 count below 200 cells/ml (N=1423) | 89 (6.2%) |
| Risk Behaviors | |
| Alcohol Use (N=1441) | |
| Abstinent | 838 (58.1%) |
| 0–7 drinks/week | 452 (31.4%) |
| > 7 drinks/week | 151 (10.5%) |
| Smoking Status | |
| Never | 484 (33.6%) |
| Current | 562 (39.0%) |
| Former | 396 (27.5%) |
| Any recent substance use (N=1440) | 317 (22.0%) |