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Table 2 Characteristics of participants at enrolment (N = 370)

From: Depression management and antiretroviral treatment outcome among people living with HIV in Northwest and East regions of Cameroon

Variable

Totala

Randomization group

Intervention, N = 178; control, N = 192

p

N (column %)

n (row %)

n (row %)

Age in years; median (IQR)

39 (30–49)

38 (29–48)

40 (32–49)

0.057

Age group

370

178

192

0.725

 Adolescent (< 20 yrs)

10 (2.7)

6 (60.0)

4 (40.0)

 

 Adult (20–50 yrs)

289 (78.1)

139 (48.1)

150 (51.9)

 

 Elderly adult (> 50 yrs)

71 (19.2)

33 (46.5)

38 (53.5)

 

Sex

370

178

192

0.601

 Female

244 (65.9)

115 (47.1)

129 (52.9)

 

 Male

126 (34.1)

63 (50.0)

63 (50.0)

 

Marital status

369

178

191

0.122

 Single

135 (36.6)

76 (56.3)

59 (43.7)

 

 Couple

187 (50.7)

83 (44.4)

104 (55.6)

 

 Divorced/separated

13 (3.5)

5 (38.5)

8 (61.5)

 

 Widow(er)

34 (9.2)

14 (41.2)

20 (58.8)

 

Time to reach treatment center

369

178

191

< 0.001

 Less than 30 min

155 (42.0)

131 (84.5)

24 (15.5)

 

 30 min to 2 h

177 (48.0)

36 (20.3)

141 (79.7)

 

 More than 2 h

37 (10.0)

11 (29.7)

26 (70.3)

 

HIV status disclosure

369

177

192

0.588

 No, to none of them

85 (23.0)

42 (49.4)

43 (50.6)

 

 Yes, to some of them

196 (53.1)

97 (49.5)

99 (50.5)

 

 Yes, to all of them

88 (23.9)

38 (43.2)

50 (56.8)

 

WHO disease stage

359

174

185

0.299

 Stage I and II

318 (88.6)

151 (47.5)

167 (52.5)

 

 Stage III and IV

41 (11.4)

23 (56.1)

18 (43.9)

 

Drug at the start

352

169

183

0.161

 Efavirenz-based regimen

303 (86.1)

144 (47.5)

159 (52.5)

 

 Nevirapine-based regimen

25 (7.1)

16 (64.0)

9 (36.0)

 

 Dolutegravir-based regimen

24 (6.8)

9 (37.5)

15 (62.5)

 

Level of knowledge on health status

367

177

190

0.206

 Basic knowledge on HIV and treatment

238 (64.9)

109 (45.8)

129 (54.2)

 

 Extensive knowledge on HIV and treatment

129 (35.1)

68 (52.7)

61 (47.3)

 

Qualify relationship with caregiver

370

178

192

0.301

 More than medical

193 (52.2)

98 (50.8)

95 (49.2)

 

 Not only medical but not quite good

48 (13.0)

25 (52.1)

23 (47.9)

 

 Strictly medical

129 (34.9)

55 (42.6)

74 (57.4)

 
  1. p is Chi-squared p-value for differences between randomization groups or Mann Whitney test
  2. aNot all totals of observations sum to 370, this is due to missing data at that level for some participants