Table 3.
Life circumstances of adolescents screened for mental health and substance use problems at a paediatric HIV clinic in South Africa
| Final screening outcome a , n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive | Total, n (%) | |
| N = 991 | N = 97 | N = 1088 | |
| Experienced food insecurity | |||
| Never | 936 (94.5) | 87 (89.7) | 1023 (94.0) |
| Currently or in the past | 54 (5.4) | 10 (10.3) | 64 (5.9) |
| Unknown/refused/missing | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) |
| Experienced physical violence | |||
| Never | 844 (85.2) | 75 (77.3) | 919 (84.5) |
| Currently or in the past | 146 (14.7) | 21 (21.6) | 167 (15.3) |
| Unknown/refused/missing | 1 (0.1) | 1 (1.0) | 2 (0.2) |
| Conflict in household | |||
| Never | 863 (87.1) | 71 (73.2) | 934 (85.8) |
| Currently or in the past | 127 (12.8) | 26 (26.8) | 153 (14.1) |
| Unknown/refused/missing | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) |
| Employment of household member | |||
| Never | 35 (3.5) | 2 (2.1) | 37 (3.4) |
| Currently or in the past | 955 (96.4) | 95 (97.9) | 1050 (96.5) |
| Unknown/refused/missing | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) |
| Household grant | |||
| Never | 190 (19.2) | 24 (24.7) | 214 (19.7) |
| Currently or in the past | 745 (75.2) | 72 (74.2) | 817 (75.1) |
| Unknown/refused/missing | 56 (5.7) | 1 (1.0) | 57 (5.2) |
Questions regarding life circumstances were asked after each mental health and substance use screening. Data are numbers and percentages of adolescents who reported the five life circumstances at any time during the study duration.
a
The final screening outcome was classified as positive if an adolescent ever screened positive in any full screen or else (i.e. always negative pre‐screen or positive pre‐ and negative full screen) as negative.