Table 1.
Characteristics of BREATH Study participants who initiated ART within the first year of HIV care and self-reported any alcohol use in the past 3 months, Mbarara, Uganda (n = 134).
| N (%) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baseline characteristics | ||
| Sex | ||
| Male | 85 (63.4) | |
| Female | 49 (36.6) | |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 73 (54.5) | |
| Not married | 61 (45.5) | |
| Age (years) (median (IQR)) | 31 (26–37) | |
| 18–25 | 33 (24.6) | |
| 26–35 | 58 (43.3) | |
| >35 | 43 (32.1) | |
| Education | ||
| Primary education or less | 83 (61.9) | |
| More than a primary education | 51 (38.1) | |
| Religion | ||
| Protestant | 83 (61.9) | |
| Catholic | 45 (33.6) | |
| Other | 6 (4.5) | |
| Household assets | ||
| Low | 50 (37.3) | |
| Middle | 60 (44.8) | |
| Rich | 24 (17.9) | |
| Household Food Security | ||
| Food secure | 47 (35.1) | |
| Mildly/moderately food insecure | 50 (37.3) | |
| Severely food insecure | 37 (27.6) | |
| Low social support? | ||
| No | 111 (84.1) | |
| Yes | 21 (15.9) | |
| Time from ISS Clinic (minutes) | ||
| 0–20 | 35 (26.1) | |
| 21–40 | 37 (27.6) | |
| 41–60 | 38 (28.4) | |
| >60 | 24 (17.9) | |
| Study arm | ||
| Main cohort arm | 92 (68.7) | |
| Minimally assessed arm | 42 (31.3) | |
| At the first study visita | ||
| Unhealthy alcohol use, past 3 months
(self-report hazardous or PEth ≥ 50) |
||
| Yes | 85 (63.4) | |
| No | 49 (36.6) | |
| General health status | ||
| Good/very good/excellent | 116 (86.6) | |
| Fair/poor | 18 (13.4) | |
| Affective symptoms of depression, past 3
months? (Hopkins Symptom Checklist average > 1.75) |
||
| Yes | 12 (9.0) | |
| No | 122 (91.0) | |
| Summary over all study visits | ||
| Number of months on ART during the
study (median (IQR)) |
7 (5–11) | |
| Any non-complete ART adherence, past 30
days? (each visit) |
||
| Yes | 88 (34.8) | |
| No | 165 (65.2) | |
| Number of pills missed, past 30 days (each
visit) (median (IQR)) |
0 (0-0) | |
| Interactive toxicity items (each visit) | ||
| “I think that people who take alcohol
should stop taking their medications because they should not mix them” (belief) |
||
| True | 62 (24.0) | |
| False | 192 (74.4) | |
| Don’t know | 4 (1.6) | |
| “I occasionally stop taking any
medications I am on if I think I will be drinking alcohol” (behavior) |
||
| True | 38 (14.7) | |
| False | 218 (84.5) | |
| Not applicable | 2 (0.8) | |
a
First visit included in this analysis was first visit on ART for at least 30 days and self-reported alcohol consumption