Table 4.
Intervention effects on outcomes.
| Outcomes | Baseline |
After intervention |
Difference between groups |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention group (n = 31) | Control group (n = 30) | Intervention group (n = 31) | Control group (n = 30) | Estimate | Standard error | P | |
| Knowledge of symptom reasons | 56.00 (28.00) | 45.50 (27.00) | 52.00 (30.00) | 44.50 (24.50) | 11.472 | 4.113 | 0.005 a |
| Knowledge of symptom measures | 54.00 (29.00) | 41.00 (24.00) | 54.00 (29.00) | 44.00 (25.75) | 12.803 | 4.210 | 0.002 a |
| Symptom certainty | 55.00 (30.00) | 41.50 (22.25) | 54.00 (30.00) | 44.00 (21.00) | 11.946 | 4.278 | 0.005 a |
| Number of symptoms | 4.00 (9.00) | 8.00 (7.50) | 5.00 (7.00) | 8.00 (7.00) | −1.811 | 1.160 | 0.119 a |
| Overall symptom severity | 5.00 (15.00) | 11.50 (12.25) | 6.00 (11.00) | 12.00 (12.25) | −2.898 | 2.065 | 0.161 a |
| Number of distress symptoms | 3.00 (8.00) | 7.50 (7.25) | 3.00 (8.00) | 6.00 (9.00) | −1.521 | 1.189 | 0.201 a |
| Overall symptom distress | 4.00 (14.00) | 10.00 (12.25) | 4.00 (12.00) | 10.00 (15.25) | −1.952 | 2.342 | 0.405 a |
| ART medication adherence | 100.00 (1.00) | 100.00 (0.00) | 100.00 (2.00) | 100.00 (1.00) | −6.999 | 4.281 | 0.102 a |
| Perceived social support | 4.48 ± 1.46 (2–7) | 5.13 ± 1.50 (3–7) | 5.15 ± 1.35 (1–7) | 5.04 ± 1.32 (1–7) | −0.360 | 0.280 | 0.199 b |
| Quality of life | 7.32 ± 2.17 (0–10) | 6.87 ± 2.13 (0–10) | 7.96 ± 1.74 (2–10) | 6.93 ± 1.80 (1–10) | 0.670 | 0.369 | 0.069 b |
Note: Data are Median (IQR), or Mean ± SD (range). a generalized linear mixed model; b linear mixed model.