Table 2:

Fidelity to mental health and adherence interventions

	Friendship Bench		Standard of Care		Total
	N=244		N=272		N=516
Received allocated intervention	223	(91.4)	272	(100)	495	(95.9)
Friendship Bench intervention
Individual counseling session 1 attended	235	(96.3)	-	-	235	(45.5)
Individual counseling session 2 attended	230	(94.3)	-	-	230	(44.6)
Individual counseling session 3 attended	229	(93.9)	-	-	29	(44.4)
Individual counseling session 4 attended	224	(91.8)	-	-	224	(43.4)
Individual counseling session 5 attended	219	(89.8)	-	-	219	(42.4)
Individual counseling session 6 attended	215	(88.1)	-	-	215	(41.7)
Group support attended
Between months 0 and 3	165	(67.6)	-	-	165	(32.0)
Between months 4 and 6	146	(59.8)	-	-	146	(28.3)
Between months 7 and 9	141	(57.8)	-	-	141	(27.3)
Between months 10 and 12	125	(51.2)	-	-	125	(24.2)
Standard of care
Nurse-led counseling attended	242	(99.2)	272	(100)	514	(99.6)
Antidepressant prescribed	6	(2.5)	17	(6.3)	23	(4.5)
Enhanced adherence counselling
VL ≥1000 copies/mL at baseline visit	11	(100)	26	(100)	37	(100)
1–2 sessions attended	2	(18.2)	5	(19.2)	7	(18.9)
3 sessions attended	8	(72.7)	20	(76.9)	28	(75.7)
No session attended	1	(9.1)	0	(0.0)	1	(2.7)
Unknown	0	(0.0)	1	(3.8)	1	(2.7)
VL ≥1000 copies/mL 6-month visit	6	(100)	17	(100)	23	(100)
1–2 sessions attended	0	(0.0)	5	(29.4)	5	(21.7)
3 sessions attended	5	(83.3)	10	(58.8)	15	(65.2)
No session attended	1	(16.7)	1	(5.9)	2	(8.7)
Unknown	0	(0.0)	1	(5.9)	1	(4.3)
VL ≥1000 copies/mL at 12-month visit	3	(100)	9	(100)	12	(100)
1–2 sessions attended	0	(0.0)	2	(22.2)	2	(16.7)
3 sessions attended	0	(0.0)	2	(22.2)	2	(16.7)
Unknown	3	(100)	5	(55.6)	8	(66.7)

VL=viral load