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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2011 Nov;15(8):1596–1604. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-0001-4

Table 1.

Initial status of moderator and outcome variables

Moderator variables n % # Items Cronbach’s alpha
Female 53 23.7 1 n/a
Naïve to HAART 86 38.4 1 n/a
White race 105 46.9 1 n/a
Black race 67 29.9 1 n/a
Latino ethnicity 25 11.2 1 n/a
Graduated high school 176 78.6 1 n/a
Monthly incomea < $553 114 51.1 1 n/a
Employed part or full-time 43 19.2 1 n/a
Heterosexual orientation 76 33.9 1 n/a
Steady sexual partner 90 40.2 1 n/a

Moderator variables M SD # Items Cronbach’s alpha

Age 40.01 8.16 1 n/a
Years since diagnosis 8.51 6.72 1 n/a
Years of educationb 3.59 1.37 1 n/a
Social supportc 61.54 27.78 20 0.47
Medication supportd* 1.55 1.13 8 0.92
Self-controle* 2.82 0.48 24 0.89
Social network orientationf 46.33 8.11 20 0.77
Adherence Self-efficacyg 7.14 2.26 14 0.96
Social desirabilityh 5.41 2.08 10 0.57
HAART knowledgei 3.55 0.31 13 0.63
Depressive symptomatologyj 25.24 11.55 20 0.92
State anxietyk 1.98 0.69 10 0.89
Trait anxietyk 2.12 0.67 10 0.89
Perceived stressl 1.80 0.61 14 0.86
Alcohol usem 5.65 7.58 10 0.88
Drug usen (N = 223) 5.40 6.71 28 0.89
Communication with providero* 69.07 26.22 9 0.84
Engagement with providerp* 85.57 18.74 13 1.00
Physical health statusc,u 42.33 11.85 20 0.80
Mental health statusc,u 41.41 11.97 24 0.94
Spiritualityq 26.68 12.94 15 0.97
Spirituality beliefsr 19.70 8.88 10 0.95
Spirituality supportr 7.07 4.87 5 0.96

Outcome variables M SD # Items Cronbach’s alpha

Self-reported adherence 3.62 0.76 1 n/a
On-time EDM adherence 51.48 38.14 1 n/a
CD4 counts 208.23 166.00 1 n/a
HIV-1 RNA viral loadt 4.36 1.23 1 n/a

Information about variable measures:

a

Monthly income ranges given on a likert scale from 1 (<$552)–9 (>$5001)

b

Years of education was assessed on a likert scale from 0 (No formal education) to 8 (Advanced degree [masters or doctorate])

c

Scale originated from the medical outcomes study (MOS)[49]

d

Scale to assess frequency of medication assistance received during the past 3 months (during the intervention phase)

e

Self-control scale [50]

f

Network orientation scale[51]

g

Scale included items from the adult AIDS clinical trials group studies [52]

h

Marlowe-crown social desirability scale [53]

i

Scale included items taken from LifeWindows information motivation behavioral skills ART adherence questionnaire [54] and HIV/AIDS treatment-related knowledge [15]

j

Centers for epidemiological studies depression scale [55]

k

State-trait anxiety inventory [56]

l

Perceived stress scale [57]

m

Alcohol use disorders identification test [58]

n

Drug abuse screening test [59]

o

Physician-patient communication scale [60]

p

Engagement with health care provider scale [61]

q

Systems of belief inventory (SBI)[62]

r

SBI subscales

s

Cells per cubic millimeter

t

log10 copies per milliliter

u

The items used for alpha calculations were based on those identified in the MOS instruments user manual [63]

*

Initial assessment of these variables were made at 3 months post-baseline

Note Values were calculated from varying sample sizes due to missingness (N = 194–224)