Table 2.
Correlations (r) of Perceived Social Support, Clinical Characteristics and Disclosure with Stigma among 277 HIV-Positive Men and Women Mozambicans 12 Months after ART initiation
| Overall Stigma Score |
Stigma Domains | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personalized Stigma |
Negative Self-image |
Social/ Public Stigma |
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| Clinical | ||||
| Adherence to | ||||
| ART in the last 7 days | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| CD4 cell count 10^6 cells/L | −0.08 | −0.09 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Depression | 0.24*** | 0.26*** | −0.13* | −0.22*** |
| Perceived Social Support | ||||
| Overall score | −0.12* | −0.11 | −0.12* | −0.13* |
| Affirmational | −0.08 | −0.07 | −0.11 | −0.11 |
| Informational | −0.07 | −0.05 | −0.09 | −0.09 |
| Tangible | −0.17** | −0.16** | −0.16** | −0.18** |
| Emotional | −0.11 | −0.12* | −0.07 | −0.12* |
| Number of person disclosed | ||||
| HIV status to | −0.17** | −0.14* | −0.24*** | −0.21*** |
Note. r = Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients.
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