Table 1.
Study Subjects
| Demographics | Social stress | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age | 37.7 | Eats regular meals | 2246 | (47.9%) | |
| Sex | Stress affects ability to take medicines | 1142 | (24.6%) | ||
| Male | 2871 | (61.2%) | |||
| Female | 1823 | (38.8%) | Health care process | ||
| Race/ethnicity | Receiving HAART | 2707 | (57.7%) | ||
| White | 610 | (13.0%) | Length of time in clinic (mo) | 64.0 | |
| African American | 4034 | (85.9%) | |||
| Other | 50 | (1.1%) | Adherence | ||
| HIV risk factor | Adherent to HAART* | 2027 | (74.9%) | ||
| Male-to-male sex | 1082 | (23.1%) | Mean proportion missed appointments | 0.127 | |
| Heterosexual sex | 1561 | (33.3%) | |||
| IVDU | 2329 | (49.6%) | Health Status | ||
| Mean LASA QOL | 70.08 | ||||
| Substance use | HIV stage | ||||
| Alcohol past 6 mo | 2043 | (43.5%) | AIDS | 2136 | (45.9%) |
| Cigarettes past 6 mo | 3054 | (66.5%) | Symptomatic | 634 | (13.6%) |
| Any drugs past 6 mo | 1132 | (24.1%) | Asymptomatic | 1885 | (40.5%) |
| Drug use ever | 2961 | (68.5%) | CD4 at time of interview | 360 | |
| RNA at time of interview | 53735 | ||||
| Health beliefs | RNA less than 500 | 2150 | (47.3%) | ||
| Will live longer if take HIV medicines | 1736 | (37.0%) | |||
| Will get sick if don't take medicines | 1483 | (31.6%) | |||
| Medicines will prevent hospital admission | 936 | (20.0%) | |||
| Medicines will prevent symptoms | 1387 | (29.6%) |
*
Defined as not having missed any does for 3 d preceding interview, analysis limited to respondents on HAART.
HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy; QOL, quality of life; LASA, linear analog scale assessment.