Table 3.

Participant evaluation of group support psychotherapy and group HIV education interventions

Cluster level summaries	Group support psychotherapy N = 5	Group HIV education N = 5	Permutation test
			Estimated effect*	P value (95% CI)
Immediately after treatment
I have learned a lot from this intervention	2.82 (0.04)	2.65 (0.04)	0.17	0.09 (0.08–0.09)†
I would recommend this intervention to other people	2.78 (0.04)	2.66 (0.04)	0.13	0.24 (0.23–0.24)
Group leaders were knowledgeable	2.69 (0.11)	2.48 (0.11)	0.21	0.22 (0.21–0.23)
Group leaders were supportive	2.62 (0.07)	2.57 (0.07)	0.06	0.65 (0.64–0.66)
Group leaders were respectful	2.70 (0.08)	2.61 (0.08)	0.09	0.41 (0.40–0.42)
This intervention reduced my depression	2.72 (0.05)	2.49 (0.05)	0.23	0.05 (0.05–0.06)
Helped me to talk to other people about what we learned	2.60 (0.07)	2.41 (0.07)	0.18	0.14 (0.14–0.15)
Intervention motivated me to make positive changes in my life	2.74 (0.08)	2.52 (0.08)	0.22	0.08 (0.07–0.08)†
6 months after the end of treatment
I have learned a lot from this intervention	2.80 (0.08)	2.63 (0.08)	0.16	0.17 (0.16–0.19)
I would recommend this intervention to other people	2.83 (0.10)	2.57 (0.10)	0.26	0.08 (0.07–0.09) †
Group leaders were knowledgeable	2.80 (0.04)	2.74 (0.04)	0.06	0.39 (0.37–0.41)
Group leaders were supportive	2.76 (0.06)	2.81 (0.04)	0.05	0.61 (0.59–0.61)
Group leaders were respectful	2.87 (0.05)	2.86 (0.05)	0.01	0.95 (0.94–0.96)
This intervention reduced my depression	2.85 (0.11)	2.41 (0.11)	0.42	0.01 (0.01–0.02)
Helped me to talk to other people about what we learned	2.84 (0.14)	2.49 (0.14)	0.34	0.14 (0.12–0.15)
Intervention motivated me to make positive changes in my life	2.84 (0.14)	2.49 (0.14)	0.34	0.14 (0.12–0.15)

Data are Mean (SE)

*The mean difference between group support psychotherapy and group HIV education

^†Marginal significance