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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Nurs Stud. 2009 Oct 24;47(4):475–486. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.09.008

Table 3.

Study Variables Measures at three points in Time

Variable Time 1 Time 2 Time 3

HAT-Life
satisfaction score Mean=60.38 (n=1377) Mean=63.69 (n=1163) Mean = 71.0 (n = 1002 )
sd = 31.60 sd = 31.18 sd= 29.58
Range 0-100 Range 0-100 Range 0-100
Alpha 0.81 Alpha 0.88 Alpha 0.86

Stigma Total Score
Mean=0.43 (n=1449) Mean=0.44 (n=1240) Mean=0.28 (n=1007)
SD=0.48 SD=0.47 SD=0.39
Range 0-3 Range 0-3 Range 0-3
alpha 0.93 alpha 0.94 alpha 0.96

Status Disclosure to
Friend in past 3 Yes=47.4% (n=621) Yes=49.5% (n=615) Yes=54.8 (n=552)
months No=52.6% (n=689) No=50.5% (n=627) No=45.2% (n=455)

Positive HIV media
in past 3 months Yes=80.84% (n=1,147) Yes=83.5% (n=1,025) Yes=84.3% (n=846)
No=19.2% (n=273) No=16.5% (n=203) No=15.7% (n=157)