Table 3. Baseline characteristics of participants at Thomas Street Health Center and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, Texas (N = 489).
Characteristics | |
Age, years – mean (±SD) | 48 (±11) |
Gender – (%) | |
Male | 71 |
Female | 29 |
Race ethnicity – (%) | |
Non-Hispanic black | 61 |
Non-Hispanic white | 15 |
Hispanic | 21 |
Other | 3 |
Language preference – (%) | |
English | 90 |
Spanish | 10 |
Survey mode – (%) | |
Self-administered | 85 |
Interviewer-administered | 15 |
Education – (%) | |
Some high school or less | 22 |
High school graduate or equivalent | 35 |
Some college of higher | 43 |
Relationship status – (%) | |
Married | 14 |
In a relationship and not married | 14 |
Single | 71 |
Income – (%) | |
≤ $10K | 54 |
> $10K and ≤ $30K | 36 |
> $30K | 10 |
Health status – (%) | |
Poor/fair | 20 |
Good/very good | 65 |
Excellent | 15 |
Substance use in past year | |
Illegal or Rx drug abuse | 19 |
EtOH screen, positive | 42 |
Depression screen, positive | 43 |
Self-efficacy a – mean (±SD) | 3.1 (±0.6) |
HIV provider visits in past 12 months – mean (±SD) | 3.3 (±1.5) |
Time enrolled in clinic, years – mean (±SD) | 7.6 (±4.6) |
HIV risk factor – (%) | |
IVDA | 16 |
MSM, no IVDA | 33 |
Heterosexual sex, no IVDA | 50 |
Transfusion | <1 |
CD4 cell count b – median (25th, 75th percentiles) | 449 (276, 665) |
HIV RNA <48 copies b – (%) | 70 |
SD indicates standard deviation; IVDA intravenous drug abuse; MSM, men who have sex with men;
Scale 1–4, higher score indicates greater self-efficacy, Cronbach’s α = 0.79.
Value closest to date of survey completion, ±30 days; CD4 and HIV RNA values available for 84% of participants.