Table 1. Characteristics of poorly adherent PLHIV, Infectious Diseases Program, Atlanta, GA, 2011, N=99.
| Overall | Phase 1 n=52 |
Phase 2 n=47 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age at enrollment (years) | 42.5 | 43.4 | 41.5 |
| Gender: | |||
| Male | 76% | 65.4% | 88.6% |
| Female | 24% | 34.6% | 11.4% |
| Race: | |||
| African American | 85.9% | 84.6% | 87.2% |
| Other | 14.1% | 15.4% | 12.8% |
| Median CD4 at enrollment, cells/μL (Q1,Q3)* | 154 (94,277) | 171.5 (90.3,334.8) | 146 (97,247) |
| Median CD4 nadir in last 5 years, cells/μL(Ql,Q3)* | 79 (19,154) | 98.5 (19.3,192.8) | 56 (17,105) |
| Taking antiretroviral therapy at enrollment** | 56.6% | 50% | 63.8% |
| Virologic suppression (VL>200 copies/mL) at enrollment | 30.7% | 38.5% | 23.4% |
| Median years since diagnosis (Q1,Q3)* | 11.1 (6.1,15.8) | 10.9 (6.7,15.8) | 12.5 (4.3,15.8) |
| Employment: | |||
| Employed | 31% | 26% | 31.9% |
| Unemployed | 69% | 74% | 68.1% |
| Travel time to clinic: | |||
| <30 minutes | 42.4% | 32.7% | 53.2% |
| ≥30 minutes | 57.6% | 67.3% | 46.8% |
| Mode of transport to clinic: | |||
| Walking or public transport | 53.5% | 65.4% | 40.4% |
| Car, motorcycle, other | 46.5% | 34.6% | 59.6% |
| Number of AIDS-defining illnesses in last 5 years | |||
| 0 | 63.6% | 69.2% | 57.4% |
| ≥1 | 36.4% | 30.8% | 42.6% |
*
Q1, Q3: First and third quartile
**
as documented by HIV provider in medical chart