Table 1.

Quantitative Measures That Were Adapted or Modified to Accommodate Local Cultural and Language Context and Needs of the Study

Domain	Measure	References
Demographic	Age, gender, race/ethnicity, education level, sensory impairment assessment	ACTG Adherence21
Socioeconomic	Income, employment status, occupation, housing, transportation to clinic, payer source for healthcare Assets Food insecurity15,16	ACTG Adherence21 Wealth Index12,13 Modified HFIAS index17
Psychosocial	Marital status, family and partner information, HIV disclosure, safe sex assessment, religious faith assessment, traditional and alternative health practice assessment Substance abuse assessment Intimate partner violence assessment, Depression scale Clinic satisfaction survey Stigma assessment18	ACTG Adherence21 and CAGE14 DHS Domestic Violence Module19 Kessler 1011 Dahab et al.20
Symptoms and exam	Symptom assessment Functional status Neurocognitive testing	ACTG Adherence21 Karnofsky Performance Status22 Digit Span Forward/Backward, Trail-Making Test A/B10
Medical history	AIDS-defining conditions1, serious non-AIDS-defining conditions, HIV-1 RNA viral loads, CD4 T cell counts	Not applicable
Medications	ARV regimens (current and previous), ART initiation site and referral, ART education, Adherence sessions, self-reported Adherence questionnaire, ART refill and ARV reminders, concomitant medications	ACTG Adherence21
Access	Pharmacy refill dates and dispensed amounts over the preceding 180 days	MPR24
Adherence	Pill counts at enrolment visit	Pill Count Adherence25,26

ACTG, AIDS Clinical Trials Group; ART, Antiretroviral Therapy; ARV, Antiretroviral; DHS, Demographic and Health Survey; HFIAS, Household Food Insecurity Assessment Scale; MPR, Medication Possession Ratio.