Table 3.
Barriers to HIV treatments among food-secure and food-insecure people living with HIV/AIDS
| Food secure | Food insecure | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | OR | 95%CI | |
| I sometimes run out of my medications before I can get a refill. a | 18 | 14 | 30 | 28 | 2.4* | 1.2–4.6 |
| I experience side effects from my antiretroviral medications.a | 46 | 42 | 55 | 56 | 1.8* | 1.1–3.1 |
| I cannot afford the cost of medications.b | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 4.2** | 1.3–13.1 |
| I was not able to get where I needed to go because I did not have transportation. | 53 | 32 | 137 | 77 | 7.3** | 4.5–11.8 |
| I could not get to a clinic or doctor because I did not have transportation. | 35 | 21 | 102 | 57 | 4.9** | 3.1–8.0 |
| Current alcohol use c | 88 | 53 | 88 | 50 | 0.8 | 0.7–1.1 |
| Other drug use d | 45 | 27 | 70 | 39 | 1.7* | 1.1–2.7 |
| M | SD | M | SD | t | ||
| Depression | 9.2 | 7.8 | 15.4 | 8.7 | 7.0** | |
| Social support | 3.2 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 5.9** | |
*p < .05 **p < .01
a Analyzed for the 110 food secure and 98 food insecure participants taking HIV treatments
b Analyzed for the 56 food secure and 80 food insecure participants not taking HIV treatments
c Analyzed for the entire sample
d Substance use in the past month