TABLE 1.
Characteristics of Mothers Living with HIV (MLH) at Recruitment.
| MLH Intervention n = 172 |
MLH Control n = 167 |
Total n = 339 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Sociodemographics | ||||||
| Mean age (SD) | 40.8 | (8.1) | 39.6 | (8.2) | 40.2 | (8.2) |
| Ethnic group | ||||||
| Latino | 111 | (64.5) | 118 | (70.7) | 229 | (67.6) |
| White | 5 | (2.9) | 7 | (4.2) | 12 | (.5) |
| African American | 52 | (30.2) | 39 | (23.4) | 91 | (26.8) |
| Other | 4 | (2.3) | 3 | (1.8) | 7 | (2.1) |
| Education | ||||||
| Less than high school | 112 | (65.5) | 105 | (63.3) | 217 | (64.4) |
| High school or GED | 59 | (34.5) | 61 | (36.7) | 120 | (35.6) |
| Currently employed | 45 | (28.8) | 44 | (28.0) | 89 | (28.4) |
| Financial status | ||||||
| Struggling to survive | 39 | (22.7) | 40 | (24.0) | 79 | (23.3) |
| Barely paying the bills | 70 | (40.7) | 65 | (38.9) | 135 | (39.8) |
| Have necessities | 51 | (29.7) | 49 | (29.3) | 100 | (29.5) |
| Comfortable | 12 | (7.0) | 13 | (7.8) | 25 | (7.4) |
| Mean number of children (SD) | 3.1 | (1.6) | 3.3 | (1.9) | 3.2 | (1.8) |
| Have romantic partner | 96 | (55.8) | 83 | (49.7) | 179 | (52.8) |
| Married to romantic partner | 31 | (32.3) | 31 | (37.3) | 62 | (34.6) |
| Sexual behavior | ||||||
| Number of sexual partners during lifetime | ||||||
| One | 35 | (21.2) | 34 | (21.1) | 69 | (21.1) |
| More than one | 130 | (78.8) | 127 | (78.9) | 257 | (78.8) |
| Number of sexual partners during past 6 months | ||||||
| None | 75 | (45.5) | 76 | (47.2) | 151 | (46.3) |
| One partner; protected sex only | 50 | (30.3) | 53 | (32.9) | 103 | (31.6) |
| One partner / unprotected discordant sexa | 40 | (24.2) | 32 | (19.9) | 72 | (22.1) |
| Mean number of unprotected discordant actsa | 3.4 | (17.7) | 1.0 | (3.6) | 2.2 | (12.9) |
| Substance use | ||||||
| Lifetime rates | ||||||
| Alcohol | 108 | (64.7) | 98 | (60.1) | 206 | (62.4) |
| Marijuana | 58 | (34.7) | 45 | (27.6) | 103 | (31.2) |
| Hard drugs | 67 | (40.1) | 66 | (40.5) | 133 | (40.3) |
| Rates during past 6 months | ||||||
| Alcohol | 36 | (21.3) | 44 | (26.8) | 80 | (24.0) |
| Marijuana | 16 | (9.5) | 14 | (8.5) | 30 | (9.0) |
| Hard drugs | 20 | (11.8) | 31 | (18.9) | 51 | (15.3) |
| Number of days using during past 3 months | ||||||
| Alcohol | 1.5 | (7.3) | 2.1 | (8.4) | 1.8 | (7.9) |
| Marijuana | 2.0 | (11.2) | 2.9 | (14.4) | 2.4 | (12.9) |
| Hard drugs | 1.4 | (9.0) | 4.9 | (18.5) | 3.1 | (14.6) |
| General health | ||||||
| Have health insurance | 90 | (52.3) | 87 | (52.1) | 177 | (52.2) |
| Mean number of visits to doctor during past year (SD) |
9.2 | (8.1) | 8.7 | (7.4) | 9.0 | (7.8) |
| Mean percent of missed visits (SD) | 0.2 | (0.2) | 0.1 | (0.2) | 0.1 | (0.2) |
| 100% Adherence to antiretrovirals | 105 | (80.2) | 95 | (72.5) | 200 | (76.3) |
| Undetectable viral load | 99 | (62.3) | 97 | (63.4) | 196 | (62.8) |
| Mental health, mean (SD) | ||||||
| Higher life expectancy | 38.3 | (7.1) | 37.9 | (6.7) | 38.1 | (6.9) |
| Brief Symptom Inventory global distress | 0.7 | (0.6) | 0.7 | (0.6) | 0.7 | (0.6) |
a
Discordant partner has opposite HIV serostatus as mother in the study or serostatus was unknown.
Note: None of differences between MLH intervention and MLH control were significantly different.