Table 1.
3-month post-intervention characteristics for family centered (FACE) and healthy living control (HLC) adolescents with HIV/AIDS (n = 38)
| Adolescent characteristics | FACE intervention n = 20 |
HLC group n = 18 |
|---|---|---|
| Age (in years) | ||
| Mean (±SD) | 16.65 (±2.11) | 16.58 (±2.38) |
| Gender | ||
| Males | 8 (40%) | 7 (39%) |
| Females | 12 (60%) | 11 (61%) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||
| Black/African American | 17 (94%) | 18 (90%) |
| Non-African American | 1 (6%) | 2 (10%) |
| Mode of HIV Transmission | ||
| Perinatal infection | 15 (75%) | 11 (61%) |
| Behavioral infection | 5 (25%) | 7 (39%) |
| CDC classification1 | ||
| A 1–3 (asymptomatic) | 5 (25%) | 11 (61%) |
| B 1–3 (symptomatic) | 6 (30%) | 5 (28%) |
| C 2–32 (AIDS) | 9 (45%) | 2 (11%) |
| Education | ||
| No High School Diploma/in HS | 12 (60%) | 10 (56%) |
| HS or GED equivalent | 4 (20%) | 6 (33%) |
| Some college/no bachelors | 4 (20%) | 2 (11%) |
| Income | ||
| ≤ Federal poverty line | 7 (35%) | 6 (33%) |
| 100%–200% of Federal poverty line | 1 (5%) | 3 (17%) |
| 201%–300% of Federal poverty line | 4 (20%) | 4 (22%) |
| >300% of Federal poverty line | 6 (30%) | 3 (17%) |
| Unknown | 2 (10%) | 2 (11%) |
| Housing status | ||
| Permanently housed | 18 (90%) | 17 (94%) |
| Unstable living arrangement | 2 (10%) | 1 (6%) |
| Sexual orientation | ||
| Heterosexual | 17 (85%) | 15 (83%) |
| Homosexual | 1 (5%) | 1 (5.6%) |
| Bisexual | 2 (10%) | 1 (5.6%) |
| Don’t know | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 19 (95%) | 17 (94%) |
| Married/Living | ||
| Together | 1 (5%) | 1 (6%) |
| Length of time known diagnosis (in months) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 102.32 (±64.14) | 80.27 (±66.16) |
| Range | 11–220 | 3–207 |
| Age learned HIV+ (in years) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 9.42 (±5.35) | 11.5 (±5.21) |
| Range | 0–18 | 0–18 |
Notes:
a
Data are from the old Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Classification system.37
b
No patient had category C1.
Abbreviations: CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (1992); GED, general educational development; FACE, Family Centered Advance Care planning intervention; HLC, healthy living control for time and attention, matched comparison group; SD, standard deviation.