Table 3.

Effect of the friendship bench intervention on adherence, viral load and mental health

Outcome	Unadjusted analyses		Adjusted analyses*
Adherence (electronic pill box)	Mean difference (95% CI)	p-value	Mean difference (95% CI)	p-value
Months 2–6	1.93 (−1.20 to 5.06)	0.23	1.79 (−1.71 to 5.29)	0.32
Months 1–12	0.79 (−2.14 to 3.71)	0.60	0.64 (−2.67 to 3.94)	0.71
Viral suppression (<1000 copies/ml)	Odds ratio (95% CI)		Odds ratio (95% CI)
Month 6	2.20 (0.79 to 6.14)	0.13	2.26 (0.79 to 6.45)	0.13
Month 12	1.60 (0.42 to 6.05)	0.49	1.75 (0.47 to 6.49)	0.40
SSQ-14 score	Mean difference (95% CI)		Mean difference (95% CI)
Month 3	−1.65 (−3.07 to −0.24)	0.02	−1.65 (−3.13 to −0.16)	0.03
Month 6	−1.57 (−2.98 to −0.15)	0.03	−1.56 (−3.05 to −0.07)	0.04
Month 9	−1.63 (−3.05 to −0.22)	0.02	−1.63 (−3.11 to −0.15)	0.03
Month 12	−0.78 (−2.19 to 0.63)	0.28	−0.77 (−2.25 to 0.71)	0.31
PHQ-9 score	Mean difference (95% CI)		Mean difference (95% CI)
Month 3	−0.35 (−1.68 to 0.99)	0.61	−0.49 (−1.82 to 0.85)	0.47
Month 6	0.01 (−1.33 to 1.34)	0.99	−0.14 (−1.47 to 1.20)	0.84
Month 9	−0.04 (−1.39 to 1.30)	0.95	−0.19 (−1.53 to 1.15)	0.78
Month 12	0.74 (−0.60 to 2.08)	0.28	0.60 (−0.74 to 1.93)	0.38
SSQ-14 ≥9	Odds ratio (95% CI)		Odds ratio (95% CI)
Month 3	0.38 (0.09 to 1.59)	0.19	0.28 (0.07 to 1.12)	0.07
Month 6	0.41 (0.09 to 1.83)	0.25	0.30 (0.07 to 1.30)	0.11
Month 9	0.34 (0.07 to 1.59)	0.17	0.25 (0.05 to 1.13)	0.07
Month 12	1.54 (0.33 to 7.15)	0.58	1.12 (0.25 to 5.01)	0.88
PHQ-9 ≥11	Odds ratio (95% CI)		Odds ratio (95% CI)
Month 3	3.24 (0.60 to 17.46)	0.17	2.16 (0.47 to 9.98)	0.33
Month 6	3.17 (0.47 to 21.37)	0.24	2.10 (0.35 to 12.47)	0.41
Month 9	3.84 (0.49 to 30.30)	0.20	2.55 (0.37 to 17.74)	0.34
Month 12	3.11 (0.47 to 20.49)	0.24	2.06 (0.36 to 11.85)	0.42

All analyses were prespecified and accounted for clustering of individuals in health facilities.

^*adjusted for facility size, age, and sex