Table 2.

Associations with ART Adherence Rate (N=68)

Measure	Means	Std Dev	p value
Married			0.659
No	45.42	16.90
Yes	47.17	15.62
Religion			0.039
Other religion	40.88	11.25
Hindu	49.30	17.71
Living with Spouse			0.985
No	46.29	16.07
Yes	46.37	16.56
Depressed			0.001
No	53.65	16.12
Yes	40.19	13.60
Poor Quality of Lifea			0.033
No	49.90	14.81
Yes	41.52	16.89
Number of HIV Symptoms			0.014
<10	52.79	16.56
>=10	42.80	14.98
Any Perceived ART benefit			0.001
No	35.76	14.41
Yes	51.04	14.71
Adherence Support from Spouse			0.032
No	44.59	16.23
Yes	56.4	11.97
Adherence Support from Parents			0.002
No	43.81	15.23
Yes	60.90	14.27
Measure	Pearson Correlation Coefficient		p value
Age	−0.16		0.178
HIV knowledge	0.15		0.220
Time on Taking ART (Months)	−0.01		0.950
MD Communication and Clinical
Appointment Score	0.448		0.000
Heard Stigma	−0.33		0.005
Felt Stigma	−0.14		0.239
Internalized Stigma	−0.23		0.049
Enacted Stigma	−0.08		0.507
Disclosure Avoidance	−0.23		0.056

^aan average score of 3 or above was used to dichotomize as ‘poor quality of life’