Table 1.
Participant characteristics and COVID-19 experiences among people living with HIV experiencing less or greater COVID-19 related disruptions
| Less COVID-19 Disruptions N = 242 |
Greater COVID-19 Disruptions N = 217 |
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| N | % | N | % | X2 | t | |
| Men | 199 | 82 | 170 | 78 | 1.1 | |
| Women | 43 | 18 | 47 | 22 | ||
| African American | 236 | 97 | 210 | 97 | 0.5 | |
| Age in years [M, SD] | 34.3 | 8.8 | 34.7 | 9.6 | 0.4 | |
| Hours smartphone screen time [M, SD] | 5.6 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 0.6 | |
| Education | ||||||
| Less than high school | 13 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 2.9 | |
| Graduated high school | 70 | 29 | 65 | 30 | ||
| At least some college | 159 | 66 | 81 | 61 | ||
| Currently unemployed | 80 | 33 | 73 | 34 | 1.3 | |
| Married | 16 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 4.3 | |
| Currently in HIV care | 230 | 95 | 207 | 95 | 0.1 | |
| Currently taking antiretroviral therapy | 228 | 94 | 208 | 96 | 0.6 | |
| Most recent HIV viral load | ||||||
| Detectable | 14 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 0.5 | |
| Undetectable | 206 | 90 | 181 | 90 | ||
| Does not know | 10 | 4 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Believe they may have had COVID-19 | 49 | 20 | 34 | 16 | 1.6 | |
| Has been tested for COVID-19 | 71 | 29 | 88 | 41 | 6.3** | |
| Received positive COVID-19 test result | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0.6 | |
| Concerned about self COVID-19a [M, SD] | 61.5 | 33.8 | 80.4 | 26.2 | 6.6** | |
| Concerned for others COVID-19a [M, SD] | 70.6 | 30.4 | 83.6 | 22.7 | 5.1** | |
| COVID-19 Social Disruptionsb | ||||||
| You asked others to stay away to avoid getting COVID-19. | 148 | 61 | 208 | 96 | ||
| You have been asked by others to stay away to protect you from getting COVID-19. | 149 | 62 | 215 | 99 | ||
| You were told not to come to work or school because of COVID-19. | 102 | 42 | 177 | 82 | ||
| Avoided public transportation because of COVID-19. | 125 | 52 | 206 | 95 | ||
| COVID-19 Healthcare Disruptionsb | ||||||
| Been unable to get to a pharmacy because of COVID-19. | 22 | 9 | 114 | 53 | ||
| Been unable to get to medicine you need because of COVID-19. | 16 | 7 | 103 | 48 | ||
| You cancelled a clinic or doctor because of COVID-19. | 41 | 17 | 128 | 59 | ||
| A clinic or doctor closed or cancelled your appointment because of COVID-19. | 95 | 39 | 184 | 85 | ||
| A service provider of any type closed or cancelled your appointment because of COVID-19. | 98 | 41 | 181 | 83 | ||
Note: a 100-point rating scale, 0 = not at all concerned to 100 = extremely concerned; b Disruptions dichotomized responses for any occurrence by collapsing ‘a little’ and ‘a lot’ responses; X2 tests for social and healthcare disruptions are not shown due to circularity; * p < .05, ** p < .01