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Table 2 Descriptive characteristic of participants stratified by study group

From: Effect and implementation experience of intensive adherence counseling in a public HIV care center in Uganda: a mixed-methods study

Variable

Pre IAC-introduction (n = 251)

Post IA- introduction (n = 249

P-value

Age in years, mean (SD)

36.5 (13.4)

33.1 (12.0)

0.0028

Sex

  

0.619

 Male

90 (35.7)

84 (33.7)

 

 Female

161 (64.1)

165 (66.3)

 

Marital status

  

0.962

 Married

129 (51.4)

131 (52.6)

 

 Single

101 (40.2)

98 (39.4)

 

 Children

21 (8.4)

20 (8.0)

 

CD4, median (IQR)

180 (85–310)

261.5 (118–452)

 < 0.001

CD4

  

0.006

 500 and less

191 (89.7)

155 (79.9)

 

 > 500

22 (10.3)

39 (20.1)

 

First viral load, median (IQR)

13,551 (2851–47,095)

2298.5 (0–26,508)

 < 0.001

Initial regimen

  

 < 0.001

 Efavirenz-based regimen

130 (51.8)

187 (75.1)

 

 Non-Efavirenz-based regimen

121 (48.2)

62 (24.9)

 

Current regimen

  

 < 0.001

 NNRTI

42 (16.7)

68 (27.3)

 

 Protease Inhibitors

179 (71.3)

135 (54.2)

 

 DTG-based regimen

30 (12.0)

46 (18.5)

 

Regimen switching

  

 < 0.001

 0

73 (29.1)

124 (49.8)

 

 1

174 (69.3)

124 (49.8)

 

 2

4 (1.6)

1 (0.4)

 

First detectable viral load, median (IQR)

20,782 (20,669–20,847)

21,206 (21,017–21,390)

 < 0.001

Days on ART, median (IQR)

878.5 (395–1471)

988.5 (336–1595)

0.648