Investigating the impact of a community home-based care on mental health and anti-retroviral therapy adherence in people living with HIV in Nepal: a community intervention study

Table 2 Mental health disorders, substance use, and non-adherence to ART at baseline and follow-up

Characteristics	Total	Intervention^a	Control^b	P value^c
Characteristics	Total	n (%)	n (%)
Depressive symptoms (yes)
Baseline	682	102 (29.7)	100 (29.6)	0.937
Month 6	655	63 (19.2)	81 (24.9)	0.048
Anxiety (yes)
Baseline	682	51 (14.8)	54 (16.0)	0.677
Month 6	655	29 (8.8)	47 (14.4)	0.025
Stress scores, mean (SD)
Baseline	682	16.5 (6.8)	15.7 (6.6)	0.128
Month 6	655	12.5 (5.6)	14.9 (6.5)	< 0.001
Substance use (yes)
Baseline	682	69 (20.1)	56 (16.6)	0.239
Month 6	655	31 (9.4)	50 (15.3)	0.021
ART non-adherence (yes)
Baseline	682	99 (28.8)	86 (25.4)	0.959
Month 6	655	47 (14.3)	78 (23.9)	0.002

^aNumber of participants (baseline: 344, follow-up: 329)
^bNumber of participants (baseline: 338, follow-up: 326)
^cThe proportion and p-value is reported for comparison group who had depressive symptoms, anxiety, higher stress, substance use, and non-adherence to ART

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