Table 3 Depression, treatment adherence, and viral load suppression outcomes
Variable | Time period | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enrolment (N = 370) | 6 months (N = 292) | 12 months (N = 262) | |||||||
Intervention N (column %) | Control N (column %) | p | Intervention N (column %) | Control N (column %) | p | Intervention N (column %) | Control N (column %) | p | |
Depression status | 178 | 192 | 0.271 | 129 | 161 | < 0.001 | 122 | 137 | < 0.001 |
 No symptom of depression | 106 (59.6) | 116 (60.4) |  | 98 (76.0) | 93 (57.8) |  | 111 (91.0) | 98 (71.5) |  |
 Mild symptoms of depression | 56 (31.5) | 50 (26.0) |  | 29 (22.5) | 41 (25.5) |  | 10 (8.2) | 32 (23.4) |  |
 Moderate symptoms of depression | 14 (7.9) | 17 (8.9) |  | 2 (1.6) | 24 (14.9) |  | 1 (0.8) | 7 (5.1) |  |
 Moderately severe symptoms of depression | 2 (1.1) | 8 (4.2) |  | 0 (0) | 3 (1.9) |  | 0 (-) | 0 (-) |  |
 Severe symptoms of depression | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) |  | 0 (–) | 0 (–) |  | 0 (–) | 0 (–) |  |
Has moderate to severe depressive symptoms? | 178 | 192 | 0.168 | 129 | 161 | < 0.001 | 122 | 137 | 0.046 |
 No | 162 (91.0) | 166 (86.5) |  | 127 (98.4) | 134 (83.2) |  | 121 (99.2) | 130 (94.9) |  |
 Yes | 16 (9.0) | 26 (13.5) |  | 2 (1.6) | 27 (16.8) |  | 1 (0.8) | 7 (5.1) |  |
Adherence status | 178 | 192 | 0.649 | 131 | 161 | 0.098 | 124 | 138 | 0.255 |
 Poorly adherent | 20 (11.2) | 21 (10.9) |  | 0 (0) | 4 (2.5) |  | 0 (0) | 3 (2.2) |  |
 Moderately adherent | 114 (64.0) | 131 (68.2) |  | 94 (71.8) | 122 (75.8) |  | 86 (69.4) | 94 (68.1) |  |
 Highly adherent | 44 (24.7) | 40 (20.8) |  | 37 (28.2) | 35 (21.7) |  | 38 (30.6) | 41 (29.7) |  |