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. 2018 May 31;7(5):e10182. doi: 10.2196/10182

Table 2.

Schedule of measures administration. An “X” indicates that the measure was assessed at the corresponding time point. A “—” indicates that the measure was not assessed at the corresponding time point.

Variable Measures Assessment period


Baseline 5-month follow-up 11-month follow-up 17-month follow-up
Primary outcome





Viral load (VL) Undetectable=VL<20 copies/mL X X X X
Demographics and HIV history

Age Age in years X

Race or ethnicity Race, ethnicity (Hispanic or Latino) X

Sexual orientation Sexual orientation X X X X

Education Highest level of education completed X X X X

Employment Employment status, student status X X X X

Income Household income, number dependents on income X X X X

Community Population of residence X X X X

Health insurance Type of health care coverage X X X X
Medical or clinical variables

Self-reported HIV history Year and month diagnosed with HIV, AIDS diagnosis X
Self-reported ARTa adherence

Prescriptions Number of prescribed medications, vitamins, and supplements X X X X

Antiretroviral medications Year started HIV medications, HIV medications currently taken, number of doses per day X X X X

Adherence Doses missed (past 4 days, 30 days), % adherence (past 30 days), % taken within 2 hours of scheduled dose (past 30 days), how good a job in taking HIV medications, challenges to adherence X X X X

Prior adherence services Previous adherence-related information or services received X X X X
IMBb-ART Adherence Questionnaire

Information ART adherence information X X X X

Motivation ART adherence motivation X X X X

Behavioral skills ART adherence behavioral skills X X X X
Engagement in HIV care

Appointments Last HIV care appointment, appointments scheduled and missed (past 6 and 12 months), upcoming appointment scheduled X X

Engagement Patient Activation Measure X X
Substance use

Urinalysis Cocaine, methamphetamines, marijuana, and opiates X X X X

Alcohol Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test  X X X X

Drug use Drug use (lifetime) and frequency (past 30 days) of 14 illicit drugs (or other), ever sought help or treatment for alcohol or drugs X X X X
Psychosocial risk factors

Depression Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression 10-item scale measuring depressive symptoms in past week X X X X

Stress Perceived stress in past 30 days X X X X

BSSS-4c BSSS-4 X X X X

Life chaos Measure of Life Chaos X X X X

HIV stigma HIV Stigma Scale (internalized, anticipated, enacted) X X X X

Resiliency HIV resilience items X X X X
Relationship and sexual risk

Relationship Relationship status, relationship sexual agreement X X X X

General sex Number of sexual partners by gender (past 3 months) X X X X

MSMd-specific sex Male sexual contacts, frequency of anal sex and condomless anal sex; condomless anal sex by partner serostatus, partner pre-exposure prophylaxis use (past 3 months) X X X X
Social support

Social support MOSe X X X X

TWMf-specific social support Emotional or information support from MOS, Social Support Questionnaire 6 within TWM X
Technology use

Overall technology Social media use, mobile phone use, service provider, device ownership, internet access X X X X
TWM navigation and use

TWM navigation System Usability Scale, reasons for using TWM X

User engagement Data captured while participants interact with TWM X X X X

aART: antiretroviral therapy.

bIMB: information-motivation-behavioral skills.

cBSSS-4: Brief Sensation Seeking Scale-4.

dMSM: men who have sex with men.

eMOS: Medical Outcomes Study.

fTWM: Thrive with Me.