Table 2.
Findings from the quantitative acceptability questionnaire
| Question text | Community-based club | Clinic-based club | p-value | |
| What are your feelings about the following things about adherence clubs... | Rated favorably n (%) | |||
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| 1 | Location where club is held | 262 (99) | 283 (99) | 0.633 |
| 2 | Convenience for you to travel to the location | 238 (89) | 257 (90) | 0.929 |
| 3 | Length of club visits | 246 (92) | 269 (94) | 0.493 |
| 4 | Day of week the club is held | 259 (97) | 280 (98) | 0.912 |
| 5 | Time of day the club is held | 248 (94) | 277 (97) | 0.120 |
| 6 | Size of the club | 235 (89) | 249 (87) | 0.760 |
| 7 | How often the club meets | 255 (96) | 269 (94) | 0.385 |
| 8 | How do you rate the medical care received | 258 (97) | 275 (96) | 0.528 |
| 9 | How do you rate the counselling received | 257 (97) | 273 (95) | 0.477 |
| 10 | How do you rate the health education received | 253 (95) | 265 (93) | 0.342 |
| 11 | Club rules | 258 (97) | 280 (98) | 0.524 |
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| Question text | Community-based club | Clinic-based club | p-value | |
| Do you have any of the following worries about participating in adherence clubs... | Reported no concerns n (%) | |||
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| 12 | Level of individual attention received | 261 (98) | 284 (99) | 0.360 |
| 13 | How often you see the nurse | 257 (97) | 283 (100) | 0.099 |
| 14 | Group members sharing information about your HIV status with others | 255 (96) | 280 (98 | 0.242 |
| 15 | Group members sharing any other information about you with others | 251 (95) | 275 (96) | 0.418 |
| 16 | Someone learning about your HIV status because of the club location | 253 (95) | 275 (96) | 0.689 |
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| Question text | Community-based club | Clinic-based club | p-value | |
| For community-based club arm participants only: Do you have any of the following concerns about the place where your club is held... | Reported no concerns n (%) | |||
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| 17 | Club is not held in a health care setting | 262 (97) | – | |
| 18 | Club is in a place where I could run into people I know | 258 (95) | – | |
| 19 | Club is in an area that I don’t feel safe travelling to | 264 (98) | – | |
| 20 | I don’t want staff at the place where the club is held to know why I’m there | 263 (98) | – | |
For questions 1–11, see the questionnaire in the Supplemental Material, where responses coded as “rated favorably” are highlighted