Table 1.

Personal and Demographic Characteristics and Adherence

Characteristic	Overall (n=262)	Excellent Adherence (n=101)	Suboptimal Adherence (n=161)	P value
Female sex	156 (61%) n=257	55 (57%) n=96	101 (63%) n=161	0.39
Median age in years (IQR)	15.5 (14–17)	15 years (13–17)	16 years (14–17)	0.45
Live with family	245 (94%)	98 (97%)	147 (91%)	0.07
Currently working	16 (6%) n=260	5 (5%) n=101	11 (7%) n=159	>0.5
Social support
By family	225 (86%)	84 (83%)	141 (88%)	0.32
By friends	41 (16%)	19 (19%)	22 (14%)	0.26
By faith community	34 (13%)	15 (15%)	19 (12%)	0.48
By provider	83 (32%)	34 (34%)	49 (30%)	>0.5
Use traditional healer	31 (12%) n=259	8 (8%) n=99	23 (14%) n=161	0.13
Travel time to clinic	n=259	n=100	n=159	>0.5
<15 minutes	26 (10%)	10 (10%)	16 (10%)
15–30 minutes	89 (34%)	38 (38%)	51 (32%)
30 minutes-1 hour	87 (34%)	29 (29%)	58 (36%)
>1 hour	57 (22%)	23 (23%)	34 (21%)
Expressed comfort asking provider questions	n=260	n=99	n=161	0.02*
Not at all	32 (12%)	9 (9%)	23 (14%)
Sometimes	67 (26%)	20 (20%)	47 (29%)
Very much	161 (62%)	70 (70%)	91 (57%)
Confidence in maintaining adherence	n=258	n=99	n=259	0.04*
Not at all	7 (3%)	0	7 (4%)
Sometimes	43 (17%)	13 (14%)	30 (19%)
Very Much	203 (79%)	83 (87%)	120 (76%)
Belief in importance of adherence	n=259	n=99	n=160	0.25
Not at all		4 (4%)	10 (6%)
Sometimes		7 (7%)	16 (10%)
Very Much	214 (83%)	85 (89%)	129 (81%)
Satisfied with HIV care	n=257	n=98	n=159	0.046*
Not at all	31 (12%)	11 (11%)	20 (13%)
Sometimes	42 (16%)	9 (9%)	33 (21%)
Very Much	184 (72%)	78 (80%)	106 (67%)

^*test for trend

n – number with data available for analysis overall and by subgroup. If not listed for variable, no data was missing.