Table 1:
Baseline characteristics of index and partner participants, by arm
| Index Participants |
Partner Participants |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall |
Intervention |
SOC |
Overall |
Intervention |
SOC |
|
| Characteristic | n=502 n (%) |
n=126 n (%) |
n=376 n (%) |
n=806 n (%) |
n=187 n (%) |
n=619 n (%) |
| Self-identified gender | ||||||
| Female | 75 (14.9%) | 16 (12.7%) | 59 (15.7%) | 90 (11.2%) | 17 (9.1%) | 73 (11.8%) |
| Male | 427 (85.1%) | 110 (87.3%) | 317 (84.3%) | 716 (88.8%) | 170 (90.9%) | 546 (88.2%) |
| Age at enrollment (years) | ||||||
| 18–19 | 1 (0.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.3%) | 5 (0.6%) | 1 (0.5%) | 4 (0.6%) |
| 20–29 | 81 (16.1%) | 21 (16.7%) | 60 (16.0%) | 229 (28.4%) | 42 (22.5%) | 187 (30.2%) |
| 30–39 | 328 (65.3%) | 85 (67.5%) | 243 (64.6%) | 402 (49.9%) | 100 (53.5%) | 302 (48.8%) |
| 40+ | 92 (18.3%) | 20 (15.9%) | 72 (19.1%) | 170 (21.1%) | 44 (23.5%) | 126 (20.4%) |
| Highest education level | ||||||
| No schooling | 4 (0.8%) | 1 (0.8%) | 3 (0.8%) | 4 (0.5%) | 1 (0.5%) | 3 (0.5%) |
| At least some primary school | 55 (11.0%) | 12 (9.5%) | 43 (11.4%) | 41 (5.1%) | 9 (4.8%) | 32 (5.2%) |
| At least some secondary school | 256 (51.0%) | 61 (48.4%) | 195 (51.9%) | 418 (51.9%) | 86 (46.0%) | 332 (53.6%) |
| At least some technical training | 122 (24.3%) | 33 (26.2%) | 89 (23.7%) | 211 (26.2%) | 51 (27.3%) | 160 (25.8%) |
| At least some college or university | 65 (12.9%) | 19 (15.1%) | 46 (12.2%) | 132 (16.4%) | 40 (21.4%) | 92 (14.9%) |
| Relationship status | ||||||
| Married | 171 (34.1%) | 45 (35.7%) | 126 (33.5%) | 293 (36.4%) | 68 (36.4%) | 225 (36.3%) |
| Living with sexual partner, not married | 75 (14.9%) | 17 (13.5%) | 58 (15.4%) | 107 (13.3%) | 15 (8.0%) | 92 (14.9%) |
| Separated, Divorced, Widowed | 104 (20.7%) | 24 (19.0%) | 80 (21.3%) | 142 (17.6%) | 40 (21.4%) | 102 (16.5%) |
| Single | 152 (30.3%) | 40 (31.7%) | 112 (29.8%) | 264 (32.8%) | 64 (34.2%) | 200 (32.3%) |
| Unemployed (last 3 months) | ||||||
| Yes | 305 (60.8%) | 78 (61.9%) | 227 (60.4%) | 451 (56.0%) | 103 (55.1%) | 348 (56.2%) |
| No | 197 (39.2%) | 48 (38.1%) | 149 (39.6%) | 355 (44.0%) | 84 (44.9%) | 271 (43.8%) |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Employed full-time | 149 (29.7%) | 36 (28.6%) | 113 (30.1%) | 269 (33.4%) | 69 (36.9%) | 200 (32.3%) |
| Employed part-time | 134 (26.7%) | 34 (27.0%) | 100 (26.6%) | 231 (28.7%) | 48 (25.7%) | 183 (29.6%) |
| Unemployed, seeking work | 152 (30.3%) | 40 (31.7%) | 112 (29.8%) | 225 (27.9%) | 52 (27.8%) | 173 (27.9%) |
| Unemployed, not seeking work | 63 (12.5%) | 14 (11.1%) | 49 (13.0%) | 79 (9.8%) | 18 (9.6%) | 61 (9.9%) |
| Retired | 3 (0.6%) | 1 (0.8%) | 2 (0.5%) | 2 (0.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.3%) |
| ART status (self-report) | ||||||
| Currently on ART | 54 (10.8%) | 15 (11.9%) | 39 (10.4%) | |||
| Previously on ART | 46 (9.2%) | 9 (7.1%) | 37 (9.8%) | |||
| ART naive | 402 (80.1%) | 102 (81.0%) | 300 (79.8%) | |||
| Currently on MAT (baseline) | ||||||
| Yes | 109 (21.7%) | 28 (22.2%) | 81 (21.5%) | 150 (18.6%) | 47 25.1%) | 103 (16.6%) |
| No | 393 (78.3%) |
98 (77.8%) |
295 (78.5%) |
656 (81.4%) | 140 (74.9%) | 516 (83.4%) |
| Median (IQR) |
Median (IQR) |
Median (IQR) |
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| Years since HIV diagnosis | 1.4 (0.07, 6.4) | 2.1 (0.08, 8.4) | 0.8 (0.07, 5.9) | |||
| Years since ART initiation | 0.7 (0.05, 4.2) | 1.2 (0.03, 5.2) | 0.7 (0.09, 4.2) | |||
| HIV-1 RNA (log10 copies/mL) | 4.6 (4.0, 5.0) | 4.6 (4.0, 5.0) | 4.6 (4.0, 5.0) | |||
| CD4 cell count (cells/μL) | 293 (166, 463) | 295 (174,492) | 291 (165,462) | |||
Abbreviations: SOC: standard of care, MAT: medication-assisted treatment, ART: antiretroviral therapy, mL: milliliter, μL: microliter; IQR: interquartile range.