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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2013 Jul;17(6):2031–2044. doi: 10.1007/s10461-013-0469-1

Table III.

Mean baseline and follow-up ART adherence outcomes between Thrive with Me intervention and control arm participants.

Thrive With Me Intervention Group
Control Group
tb Sig.
Baseline Follow-up Baseline Follow-up
n Mean SDa n Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD



Total Sample
% ART Taken (past 30 days) 65 84.0 25.8 58 85.3 24.8 57 86.8 18.9 52 83.6 29.1 0.32 0.75
% ART Taken within 2 Hours of Scheduled Dose (past 30 days) 64 75.4 30.7 57 79.4 29.7 57 76.4 28.2 52 74.3 29.7 0.89 0.37
% ART Taken Correctly with Food (Past 30 days) 64 71.9 31.9 57 79.5 29.5 57 79.8 30.1 52 76.4 33.6 0.51 0.61
Non-Drug Users
% ART Taken (past 30 days) 52 85.5 23.8 46 85.6 26.1 42 88.1 19.2 40 91.8 16.9 −1.30 0.20
% ART Taken within 2 Hours of Scheduled Dose (past 30 days) 52 77.2 29.4 45 81.6 28.2 42 77.8 29.4 40 80.5 24.5 0.20 0.84
% ART Taken Correctly with Food (Past 30 days) 52 75.3 28.7 45 81.6 28.4 42 78.0 32.2 40 80.6 30.2 0.15 0.88
Drug Usersc
% ART Taken (past 30 days) 9 83.0 28.0 9 90.1 17.5 11 81.4 20.6 10 57.5 41.3 2.20 0.04
% ART Taken within 2 Hours of Scheduled Dose (past 30 days) 9 72.9 34.6 9 84.8 22.3 11 69.7 27.0 10 45.2 34.1 2.95 0.01
% ART Taken Correctly with Food (Past 30 days) 9 58.9 42.8 9 81.6 28.8 11 82.2 26.6 10 55.7 42.5 1.53 0.14
a

SD= Standard Deviation

b

Comparing follow-up means on adherence outcomes between Intervention and Control groups

c

Drug users include men who reported using one or more of the following illicit drugs in the past 30 days: codeine purchased on the street, powder cocaine, crack cocaine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, GHB, ketamine, ecstasy, heroin, or cocaine and heroin mixed together.