Table 2.
Participant characteristics (N = 189)
| Patients (N = 83) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Characteristic |
Kenya (N = 42) |
Uganda (N = 41) |
Total (N = 83) |
| Female N (%) |
28 (67) |
20 (49) |
48 (58) |
| Mean age (range, median) |
35 (20-56, 34) |
37 (18-61, 37) |
36 (18-61, 37) |
| Receiving ART N (%) |
29 (71) |
28 (68) |
57 (69) |
| Mean household size (range) |
4.7 (1-10) |
6.7 (1-13) |
5.7 (1-13) |
| Location | |||
| Rural |
23 |
7 |
30 |
| Peri urban |
9 |
18 |
27 |
| Urban |
9 |
16 |
25 |
|
Care givers (N = 47) | |||
|
Characteristic |
Kenya (N = 26) |
Uganda (N = 21) |
Total (N = 47) |
| Female N (%) |
14 (54) |
14 (67) |
28 (60) |
| Mean age (range, median) |
40 (20-72, 37) |
29 (18-52, 27) |
35 (18-72, 32) |
| Mean household size (range) |
5.7 (2-10) |
6.5 (2-11) |
6 (2-11) |
| Location | |||
| Rural |
14 |
8 |
22 |
| Peri urban |
7 |
7 |
14 |
| Urban |
5 |
6 |
11 |
| Relationship to patienta |
|||
| Mother |
4 |
2 |
6 |
| Father |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Sister |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Brother |
3 |
4 |
7 |
| Daughter |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| Son |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Wife |
2 |
6 |
8 |
| Husband |
6 |
1 |
7 |
| Aunt |
3 |
1 |
4 |
| Friend |
1 |
3 |
4 |
| Cousin |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Staff members (N = 59) | |||
|
Characteristic |
Kenya (N = 30) |
Uganda (N = 29) |
Total (N = 59) |
| Designation |
|
|
|
| Nurses |
5 |
6 |
11 |
| Counselors |
1 |
8 |
9 |
| Medical officers |
2 |
5 |
7 |
| Clinical officers |
4 |
2 |
6 |
| Nurse counselors |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| Nutritionists |
4 |
0 |
4 |
| Doctors |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Community nurses/workers |
4 |
0 |
4 |
| Social workers |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Lab technologists |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Nursing officers |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Others |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| Mean time working at the facility (range, median) | 5 years (2 months to 26 years, 2 years) | 5 years (2 months to 24 years, 4 years) | 5 years (2 months to 26 years, 3 years) |
a Sometimes these are categorical terms rather than blood relationship, for example 'father’ is also used to designate one’s father’s brother.