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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2019 Dec 23;32(11):1471–1478. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1705962

Table 2.

Health-Related Characteristics (n=43)

n %
Time since HIV diagnosis
 < 10 years 5 11.6%
 10 - 19 years 10 23.3%
 20 - 29 years 18 41.9%
 30+ years 4 9.3%
 Missing 6 14.0%
Chronic pain
 Current chronic pain 20 46.5%
 Had chronic pain in past, not current 10 23.3%
 Never had chronic pain 13 30.2%
Prescribed opioids for chronic pain
 Currently taking prescribed opioids 10 23.3%
 Taken prescribed opioids in past 9 20.9%
 Never taken prescribed opioids 10 23.3%
 Not applicable (never had chronic pain) 13 30.2%
 Don't know 1 2.3%
Currently taking medicine for HIV
 No 2 4.7%
 Yes 41 95.3%
Undetectable viral load
 No 14 32.6%
 yes 29 67.4%
 don't know 4 9.3%
 Prefer not to answer 13 30.2%
Ever had a problem with drugs or alcohol
 No 14 32.6%
 Yes 29 67.4%