Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and baseline depression, medication adherence, and viral load
| Characteristic | RES-led, n=196 |
CHC-led, n=168 |
χ2/t-test |
|---|---|---|---|
| (%) | (%) | ||
| Age (years, mean) | 45.4 | 44.8 | 0.64 |
| Race/ethnicity | 0.79 | ||
| Black/African-American | 58.0 | 58.9 | |
| Hispanic | 24.1 | 22.0 | |
| European | 15.9 | 17.9 | |
| Other | 2.1 | 1.2 | |
| Born in US | 82.1 | 85.7 | 0.89 |
| Marital status | 0.90 | ||
| Single/Never married | 61.0 | 64.9 | |
| Married | 10.8 | 11.3 | |
| Formerly married | 28.2 | 23.8 | |
| Source of HIV infection | 9.24* | ||
| Sexual transmission | 83.6 | 72.6 | |
| Drug use | 3.6 | 6.0 | |
| Transfusion | 3.1 | 1.8 | |
| Don't know/other | 9.7 | 19.6 | |
| Work status | 0.07 | ||
| Not working | 83.6 | 84.5 | |
| Part-time/volunteer | 12.8 | 11.9 | |
| Full-time | 3.6 | 3.6 | |
| On disability | 62.1 | 59.3 | 0.29 |
| Income | 5.81 | ||
| Less than $5,000 | 34.4 | 46.4 | |
| $5,100–$10,000 | 50.3 | 39.3 | |
| More than $10,000 | 13.9 | 13.1 | |
| Declined to answer | 1.5 | 0.1 | |
| Education | 4.98 | ||
| <High school | 59.2 | 54.8 | |
| High school | 35.2 | 33.9 | |
| 1–2 years college | 3.1 | 8.3 | |
| >2 years college | 2.6 | 3.0 | |
| RES-led mean/% |
CHC-led mean/% |
χ2/t-test | |
| Mean BDI score | 15.4 | 14.2 | 0.87 |
| % moderately/severely depressed (BDI > 14) |
49.0 | 40.5 | 2.64 |
| % using ARV medication | 81.0 | 74.4 | 2.3 |
| % skipped medication within past 2 weeks |
47.7 | 40.4 | 1.45 |
| Mean viral load (log transformed) | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
| % with undetectable viral load | 43.6 | 46.9 | 0.32 |
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01,
***
p<0.001