TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Psychosocial Characteristics of the Study Sample by Intervention Group
| Variables | Treatment
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| n | Percent or Mean (SD) | n | Percent or Mean (SD) | |
| Age | 68 | 39.91 (8.77) | 66 | 40.46 (8.29) |
| Male gender (%) | 72 | 69.4% | 65 | 63.1% |
| Ethnicity (%) | 69 | 66 | ||
| African American | 76.8% | 54.6% | ||
| White | 14.5% | 30.3% | ||
| Other | 8.7% | 15.2% | ||
| Income (mean dollars/y) | 67 | $17,082 (18,730) | 64 | $20,359 (22,445) |
| Education (%) | 70 | 66 | ||
| ≤some high school | 30.00% | 15.15% | ||
| High school graduate/Graduate Equivalent Diploma (GED) | 31.43% | 37.88% | ||
| Some college | 22.86% | 27.27% | ||
| ≥College graduate | 15.71% | 19.70% | ||
| Has case manger (%) | 63 | 55.56% | 61 | 40% |
| Work status (%) | 70 | 66 | ||
| Work full/part time | 17.1% | 19.7% | ||
| On disability | 62.9% | 59.1% | ||
| Don’t work | 20.0% | 21.2% | ||
| Living with a partner (%) | 70 | 34.29% | 66 | 39.39% |
| Baseline viral load (log10) | 67 | 3.68 (1.13) | 63 | 3.92 (1.15) |
| Number of months on meds | 73 | 92 (60) | 65 | 94 (53) |
| Satisfaction with medical care (scale of 1–10) | 63 | 8.92 (1.58) | 58 | 9.00 (1.29) |
| Emotional Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) (mean) | 61 | 21.84 (9.35) | 59 | 20.88 (8.17) |
| No. of alcohol drinks in past 30 days | 67 | 5.71 (12.48) | 65 | 8.05 (17.33) |
| No. of days marijuana was used in past 30 days | 66 | 3.05 (7.84) | 65 | 3.18 (8.66) |
| No. of days cocaine was used in past 30 days | 67 | 0.12 (0.44) | 64 | 0.55 (2.02) |
| General health status | 61 | 59 | ||
| Poor | 11.5% | 8.5% | ||
| Fair | 23.0% | 28.8% | ||
| Good | 32.8% | 27.1% | ||
| Very good/excellent | 32.83% | 35.5% | ||
| High motivation to adhere (%) | 65 | 95.38% | 61 | 91.80% |
| General social support | 61 | 11.93 (3.13) | 59 | 10.68 (3.94) |
| Desire to participate in medical decision-making (scale of 1–7) | 67 | 3.55 (2.12) | 61 | 4.05 (2.13) |
| Beliefs about medications (%) | ||||
| Believe ART helps people live longer | 65 | 71% | 61 | 85% |
| Believe ART makes quality of life much better | 66 | 50% | 61 | 57% |
| Agree/Strongly Agree that taking ART is too much trouble for benefit | 65 | 25% | 60 | 17% |
| Believe ART is definitely worth taking | 64 | 78% | 61 | 77% |
| Believe will definitely get worse if don’t take ART | 65 | 65% | 60 | 73% |
| Amount of time ART regimen fits with lifestyle (%) | 49 | 46 | ||
| A little to none (%) | 68% | 73% | ||
| Access to HIV ART (%) | ||||
| Very easy to get ART prescription filled | 49 | 65% | 46 | 55% |
| Very easy to get more ART if lost them or ran out | 48 | 43% | 46 | 37% |
| The need to keep ART private gets in the way of taking almost none of the time | 49 | 76% | 46 | 78% |
| Barriers to Taking ART | ||||
| Has experienced side effects from ART | 49 | 55% | 46 | Yes: 54% |
| Very/Somewhat hard to remember to take ART | 49 | 26% | 46 | Very/somewhat hard: 15% |
| Understand how to take ART | 49 | 82% | 46 | Understand: 87% |
| Trust in provider (scale of 5–25) | 61 | 23.74 (2.12) | 58 | 23.48 (2.56) |
| Coping | 61 | 59 | ||
| Positive coping (scale of 6–30) | 24.00 (3.88) | 22.38 (4.34) | ||
| Avoidant coping (scale of 4–20) | 12.59 (4.12) | 12.48 (3.79) | ||
| Information-seeking coping (scale of 2–10) | 5.79 (2.37) | 5.73 (2.12) | ||
| Stress (scale of 5–25) | 61 | 12.38 (5.01) | 59 | 11.78 (3.83) |