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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 Dec 3;100(1-2):115–121. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.09.017

Table 4.

Mean (standard deviation) of outcomes by treatment group and study phase

Intervention period
Follow-up period
Incentive Voucher with Coaching Medication Coaching Alone Incentive Voucher with Coaching Medication Coaching Alone
Adherence by MEMS on time openings (%) 77.6 (17.5) 55.5 (23.1) p<.001 66.0 (23.9) 53.1 (29.2)
Adherence by pill count (%) 85.9 (11.4) 75.4 (21.3) p<.05 80.9 (18.3) 78.4 (28.4)
Adherence by self-report (%) 87.3 (14.0) 68.7 (17.7) p<.001 80.6 (21.2) 71.6 (25.5)
Plasma HIV-1 RNA (copies) [median] 6,880 [0] 5,550 [0] 15,933 [0] 2,908 [0]
Viral load controlled (% at last visit) 61.8 68.8 67.7 60.0
CD4+ (Cells/UL) 302 (194) 314 (165) 324 (216) 360 (195)
SF-36 physical health summary score 39.7 (8.7) 35.2 (8.1) 37.2 (10.0) 35.3 (9.5)