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. 2020 Aug 20;19:2325958220950087. doi: 10.1177/2325958220950087

Table 2.

Non-Retention in HIV Care by Characteristics for Women and Men, Miami-Dade County Ryan White Program, 2017.

Characteristics Women (n = 1609) Men (n = 5330)
Retained in care, n (%) Not retained in care, n (%) P-valuea Retained in care, n (%) Not retained in care, n (%) P-valuea
Demographic characteristics
Age
 18–34 185 (74.0) 65 (26.0) <0.0001 1038 (79.2) 273 (20.8) <0.0001
 35–49 512 (84.9) 91 (15.1) 1738 (84.3) 325 (15.8)
 ≥ 50 664 (87.8) 92 (12.2) 1686 (86.2) 270 (13.8)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic Black 547 (81.9) 121 (18.1) 0.0129 792 (74.5) 271 (25.5) <0.0001
 Hispanic 419 (86.2) 67 (13.8) 3029 (86.5) 474 (13.5)
 Haitian 350 (88.2) 47 (11.8) 300 (85.7) 50 (14.3)
Non-Hispanic White/Other 45 (77.6) 13 (22.4) 341 (82.4) 73 (17.6)
US-born
 Yes 554 (79.0) 147 (21.0) <0.0001 1225 (76.1) 385 (23.9) <0.0001
 No 807 (89.0) 101 (11.1) 3237 (87.0) 483 (13.0)
Preferred language
 English 665 (80.4) 162 (19.6) <0.0001 1695 (77.8) 485 (22.3) <0.0001
 Spanish 368 (89.1) 45 (10.9) 2468 (88.0) 336 (12.0)
 Haitian Creole 312 (89.1) 38 (10.9) 242 (87.7) 34 (12.3)
 All other 16 (84.2) 3 (15.8) 57 (81.4) 13 (18.6)
Household income, percent of Federal Poverty Level
 ≥200% 171 (84.7) 31 (15.4) 0.0730 1214 (87.2) 178 (12.8) <0.0001
 100%–199% 499 (87.2) 73 (12.8) 1597 (86.7) 245 (13.3)
 <100% 691 (82.8) 144 (17.3) 1651 (78.8) 445 (21.2)
Number of minors in household
 None 986 (85.5) 167 (14.5) 0.0174 4230 (83.6) 829 (16.4) 0.8148
 1 211 (85.1) 37 (14.9) 152 (84.9) 27 (15.1)
 2 113 (82.5) 24 (17.5) 59 (86.8) 9 (13.2)
 3 or more 51 (71.8) 20 (28.2) 21 (87.5) 3 (12.5)
Need characteristics
Diagnosis of AIDS at any time
 Yes 663 (83.4) 132 (16.6) 0.1912 1716 (83.9) 329 (16.1) 0.7584
 No 698 (85.8) 116 (14.3) 2746 (83.6) 539 (16.4)
Has HIV-related symptoms
 Yes 31 (73.8) 11 (26.2) 0.05 60 (63.2) 35 (36.8) <0.0001
 No 1330 (84.9) 237 (15.1) 4402 (84.1) 833 (15.9)
Vulnerable/enabling variables
Drug use in the last 12 months
 Yes 69 (69.7) 30 (30.3) <0.0001 307 (71.1) 125 (28.9) <0.0001
 No 1292 (85.6) 218 (14.4) 4155 (84.8) 743 (15.2)
Drug use resulted in problems with daily activities or legal issue or hazardous situation
 Yes 28 (59.6) 19 (40.4) <0.0001 70 (60.3) 46 (39.7) <0.0001
 No 1333 (85.3) 229 (14.7) 4392 (84.2) 822 (15.8)
Drug use affect adherence or not
 Yes 44 (77.2) 13 (22.8) 0.1155 221 (74.2) 77 (25.8) <0.0001
 No 1317 (84.9) 235 (15.1) 4241 (84.3) 791 (15.7)
Would like substance use treatment now
 Yes 19 (52.8) 17 (47.2) <0.0001 41 (54.0) 35 (46.1) <0.0001
 No 1342 (85.3) 231 (14.7) 4421 (84.2) 833 (15.9)
Feeling depressed or anxious
 Yes 239 (82.7) 50 (17.3) 0.3265 583 (76.9) 175 (23.1) <0.0001
 No 1122 (85.0) 198 (15.0) 3877 (84.8) 693 (15.2)
Receives or needs mental health services
 Yes 252 (81.3) 58 (18.7) 0.0736 618 (77.6) 178 (22.4) <0.0001
 No 1109 (85.4) 190 (14.6) 3839 (84.8) 688 (15.2)
Ever experienced domestic violence
 Yes 111 (82.8) 23 (17.2) 0.5577 133 (76.4) 41 (23.6) 0.0081
 No 1250 (84.8) 225 (15.3) 4327 (84.0) 826 (16.0)
Disclosure of HIV status to adults in households
 No adults in household 445 (82.4) 95 (17.6) 0.1551 1713 (83.0) 352 (17.1) 0.4832
 Adults in household, but none know status 178 (87.7) 25 (12.3) 329 (83.9) 63 (16.1)
 At least 1 adult in household knows status 738 (85.2) 128 (14.8) 2420 (84.2) 453 (15.8)
Has a social support system to depend on
 No 189 (80.8) 45 (19.2) 0.0802 789 (80.3) 194 (19.7) 0.0011
 Yes 1172 (85.2) 203 (14.8) 3673 (84.5) 673 (15.5)
Work related barriers to attending care appointments
 Not working 671 (81.3) 154 (18.7) 0.0010 1479 (76.3) 460 (23.7) <0.0001
 Yes 43 (87.8) 6 (12.2) 101 (86.3) 16 (13.7)
 No 647 (88.0) 88 (12.0) 2882 (88.0) 392 (12.0)
Client has access to transportation to appointments
 No 101 (79.5) 26 (20.5) 0.0999 398 (78.5) 109 (21.5) 0.0008
 Yes 1260 (85.0) 222 (15.0) 4064 (84.3) 759 (15.7)
Client getting food he/she needs
 No 16 (76.2) 5 (23.8) 0.2834 57 (59.4) 39 (40.6) <0.0001
 Yes 1345 (84.7) 243 (15.3) 4405 (84.2) 829 (15.8)
Homeless
 Yes 52 (68.4) 24 (31.6) <0.0001 207 (68.5) 95 (31.5) <0.0001
 No 1309 (85.4) 224 (14.6) 4255 (84.6) 773 (15.4)
Infected perinatally with HIV
 Yes 12 (50.0) 12 (50.0) <0.0001 18 (72.0) 7 (28.0) 0.1118
 No 1349 (85.1) 236 (14.9) 4444 (83.8) 861 (16.2)
Health care environment
Number of Ryan White clients that client’s clinician cares for
 1–9 48 (68.6) 22 (31.4) <0.0001 92 (66.2) 47 (33.8) <0.0001
 10–29 56 (87.5) 8 (12.5) 140 (77.4) 41 (22.7)
 30–99 361 (84.7) 65 (15.3) 813 (86.0) 132 (14.0)
 100–199 452 (88.6) 58 (11.4) 1293 (84.2) 243 (15.8)
 ≥200 375 (84.5) 69 (15.5) 1901 (85.6) 321 (14.5)
 Unknownc 69 (72.6) 26 (27.4) 223 (72.6) 84 (27.4)
Neighborhood environment
 Neighborhood low socioeconomic status (SES) Indexd
  Median 0.88 1.04 0.3170 0.34 0.47 0.0327
  Interquartile range (0.34, 1.51) (0.33, 1.64) (−0.21, 1.32) (−0.21, 1.37)
 Neighborhood residential instability/homicide indexe
  Median 0.35 0.65 0.0043 0.41 0.65 0.4094
  Interquartile range (−0.29, 0.89) (−0.04, 1.28) (−0.40, 1.28) (−0.29, 1.28)

Percentages in the table represent row percentages.

Results exclude missing values as follows: feeling depressed or anxious (n = 2), receives or needs mental health services (n = 7), experienced domestic violence (n = 3), social support needs (n = 1), and the 2 neighbor indices (n = 15).

aP-values from chi-square. For continuous variables median and interquartile range reported, P-value from Wilcoxon rank sum.

b Those born in Puerto Rico or other US territories are classified as non-US born.

c Clients who could not name HIV care provider during health assessment or patient intake.

d Higher score indicates lower SES.

e Higher score indicates more instability and homicides.