Table 3.

Associations between adherence to ART and psychosocial factors

Variables	Total number of patients using ART (%)	Adherence to ART, n (%)
		Nonadherent	Adherent
N	2,146	365 (17.6)	1713 (82.4)
Drug use
No	1783 (83.4)	280 (16.2)	1451 (83.8)**
Ever used	356 (16.6)	81 (23.8)	259 (76.2)
Depressive symptoms scale, mean (SD)	7.18 (5.75)	7.58 (6.09)	7.03 (5.67)
Perceived HIV stigma scale, mean (SD)	15.55 (3.51)	16.10 (3.31)	15.43 (3.53)**
Side effect severity
0=Had no side effect	1620 (77.5)	248 (15.4)	1362 (84.6)***
1=Had side effect with no influence on me	159 (7.6)	33 (21.0)	124 (79.0)
2=Had side effect with little influence on me	253 (12.1)	60 (24.0)	190 (76.0)
3=Had side effect with large/severe influence on me	58 (2.8)	22 (39.3)	34 (60.7)
Adherence self-efficacy scale, mean (SD)	45.80 (6.58)	43.94 (7.44)	46.22 (6.26)***

Note:

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.01;

^***p<0.001.