Table 3.
Distribution of ART initiation and HIV-related outcome for those with and without depression, and those with and without anxiety.
| Characteristic, N (%) | Total (N = 2319) | Depression |
Anxiety |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (N = 2028) | Yes (N = 291) | p | No (N = 2103) | Yes (N = 216) | p | ||
| Linkage to care (ART initiation within 3 months) | 1707 (73.6) | 1514 (74.7) | 193 (66.3) | <0.01 | 1553 (73.8) | 154 (71.3) | 0.46 |
| ART Initiation by 12 months | 1945 (83.9) | 1709 (87.9) | 236 (81.1) | 0.19 | 1759 (83.6) | 186 (86.1) | 0.39 |
| Missed refills (N = 1858) | 414 (22.3) | 372 (22.7) | 42 (19.1) | 0.25 | 378 (22.5) | 36 (20.5) | 0.31 |
| Missed visits (N = 2312) | 735 (31.8) | 676 (33.4) | 59 (20.3) | <0.01 | 686 (32.7) | 49 (22.7) | <0.01 |
| Retention in care at 12 months | 1543 (66.6) | 1362 (67.2) | 181 (62.2) | 0.1 | 1403 (66.7) | 140 (64.8) | 0.62 |
| Lost to follow-up | 455 (19.6) | 395 (19.5) | 60 (20.6) | 0.7 | 416 (19.8) | 39 (18.1) | 0.6 |
| CD4 count1, mean (SD) | −16.6 (102.3) | −11.6 (92.3) | −51.4 (150.9) | <0.01 | −13.4 (95.8) | −48.6 (148.8) | <0.01 |
| Viral load2 (end), mean (SD) | 5.6 (2.2) | 5.6 (2.2) | 5.4 (1.8) | 0.14 | 5.6 (2.2) | 5.5 (1.9) | 0.39 |
| Hospitalization or death | 172 (7.4) | 145 (7.1) | 27 (9.3) | 0.23 | 152 (7.2) | 20 (9.3) | 0.34 |
T-test significance testing for CD4 count and viral load; Chi-Square significance testing for linkage to care, ART initiation, missed refills and visits, retention in care, lost to follow-up, and hospitalization or death.
ART: antiretroviral therapy, SD: standard deviation.
1
Change from baseline to last CD4 reading.
2
Log-transformed viral load.