Demographic characteristics of the participants (N=1261)
| Symptomatic during the programme (n=385) | Non-symptomatic during the programme (n=876) | P value | |
| Mean age at entry (SD) | 36.8 (11.7) | 39.0 (12.5) | 0.003** |
| Gender, n (%) | |||
| Male | 356 (30.5) | 813 (69.5) | 0.83 |
| Female | 29 (31.5) | 63 (68.5) | |
| Employment status, n (%) | |||
| Unemployed/retired | 130 (34.3) | 249 (65.7) | 0.057 |
| Employed | 255 (28.9) | 627 (71.1) | |
| Education, n (%) | |||
| High school and below | 164 (32.4) | 342 (67.6) | 0.24 |
| Post-high school | 221 (29.3) | 534 (70.7) | |
| Disclosure to family, n (%) | |||
| Yes | 158 (31.8) | 339 (68.2) | 0.43 |
| No | 227 (29.7) | 537 (70.3) | |
| Mode of transmission, n (%) | |||
| Heterosexual sex | 117 (27.9) | 303 (72.1) | 0.079 |
| Non-heterosexual sex and others | 254 (32.8) | 521 (67.2) | |
| Psychiatric history, n (%) | |||
| Yes | 63 (60) | 42 (40) | <0.001*** |
| No | 322 (27.9) | 834 (72.1) | |
| Presence of comorbid conditions, n (%) | |||
| Yes | 90 (25.2) | 267 (74.8) | 0.01* |
| No | 295 (32.6) | 609 (67.4) | |
| First CD4 (cells/μL), n (%) | |||
| ≥200 | 259 (30.9) | 580 (69.1) | 0.73 |
| <200 | 126 (29.9) | 295 (70.1) | |
| History of smoking, n (%) | |||
| Yes | 172 (33.7) | 339 (66.3) | 0.046* |
| No | 213 (28.4) | 537 (67.6) | |
| History of alcohol use, n (%) | |||
| Yes | 88 (25.6) | 256 (74.4) | 0.019* |
| No | 297 (32.4) | 620 (67.6) | |
| History of substance use, n (%) | |||
| Yes | 57 (38) | 93 (62) | 0.034* |
| No | 328 (29.5) | 783 (70.5) | |
| Adherence to medication, n (%) | |||
| Not adherent | 58 (38.9) | 91 (61.1) | 0.001** |
| Adherent | 182 (25.1) | 543 (74.9) | |
| HADS positive, n (%) | |||
| At entry screening | 318 (25.2) | – | – |
| At exit screening | 150 (11.9) | – | |
| At both screenings | 83 (6.6) | – | |
| Received intervention, n (%) | |||
| Yes | 244 (63.4) | – | – |
| No | 141 (36.6) | – | |
Created by the authors.
Hosmer and Lemeshow, χ2=5.44, df=8, p=0.71.
*P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001.
HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.