Table 2.
Sample characteristics
| Total | Intervention
|
Control
|
p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 56 N (%) or mean (SD) | N | Percent or mean (SD) | N | Percent or mean (SD) | ||
| Age | 34.6(8.4) | 33 | 34.9 (7.4) | 23 | 33.2 (8.6) | 0.63 |
| Gender (%) | ||||||
| Male | 35(62%) | 21 | 64% | 14 | 61% | 0.83 |
| Female | 21(38%) | 12 | 36% | 9 | 39% | |
| Race (%) | ||||||
| Black | 50(89%) | 27 | 82% | 23 | 100% | 0.03* |
| White | 6(11%) | 6 | 18% | 0 | 0% | |
| Income | ||||||
| <$10K | 36(64%) | 21 | 63% | 15 | 65% | 0.69 |
| >$10K | 20(34%) | 12 | 33% | 8 | 34% | |
| Education (%) | ||||||
| Less than HS | 16(29%) | 10 | 30% | 6 | 26% | 0.81 |
| HS grad or GED | 15(27%) | 8 | 24% | 7 | 30% | |
| More than HS | 25(44%) | 15 | 45% | 10 | 44% | |
| Naïve vs. experienced | ||||||
| Naïve to ART | 32(57%) | 18 | 55% | 14 | 61% | 0.64a |
| ART Experienced | 24(43%) | 15 | 45% | 9 | 39% | |
| Log baseline HIV viral load | 4.7(.70) | 33 | 4.7 (0.8) | 22 | 4.6 (0.6) | 0.55 |
| Baseline CD4 | 131.2(110.0) | 33 | 129.9 (113.5) | 23 | 137.5 (107.1) | 0.80 |
| Health literacy (STOFHLA) | 31.0(5.4) | 32 | 30.6 (5.6) | 23 | 31.5 (5.4) | 0.52 |
| Depressive symptoms (CES-D) | ||||||
| No or mild symptoms | 37(67.3%) | 33 | 21 (63.6%) | 22 | 16 (72.7%) | 0.68a |
| Moderate or severe | 18(32.7%) | 33 | 12 (36.4%) | 22 | 6 (27.3%) | |
| VAS 3–4 month adherence | .82(.28) | 33 | .78 (.33) | 23 | .88 (.18) | 0.21 |
a
Chi-square.
*
p < .05.