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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the PLHIV with mental disorders at Butabika hospital ART Clinic and Mulago ISS Clinic (n = 240)

From: HIV viral load suppression among people with mental disorders at two urban HIV clinics in Uganda: a parallel convergent mixed methods study using the social ecological model

Characteristic

 

Frequency (%)

Mean age in years (SD)

38.9 (11.2)

 

Baseline CD4 in cells per mm3 Median (IQR)

292 (131, 457)

 

ART duration in years Median (IQR)

4.3 (3.6, 4.7)

 

Mental health treatment duration in years Median (IQR)

4.0 (3.3, 4.5)

 

Gender

Female

 

161 (67.1)

Male

 

79 (32.9)

Religion

Christian

 

184 (79.3)

Muslim

 

48 (20.7)

Missing

 

8 (3.3)

Marital status

Married

 

75 (35.90

Single

 

74 (35.4)

Divorced

 

49 (23.4)

Widow

 

11 (5.26)

Missing

 

31 (12.9)

Have treatment supporter

Yes

 

215 (89.6)

No

 

25 (10.4)

WHO stage

Stage III

 

96 (40.0)

Stage I

 

39 (16.3)

Stage II

 

93 (38.8)

Stage IV

 

12 (5.0)

Baseline ART regimen

TDF/3TC/EFV

 

171 (71.3)

AZT/3TC/NVP

 

16 (6.7)

TDF/3TC/NVP

 

14 (5.8)

TDF/3TC/DTG

 

26 (10.8)

Other

 

13 (5.4)

Adherence level

Good>/=95%

 

202 (84.2)

Fair 85–94%

 

26 (10.8)

Poor < 85%

 

12 (5.0

Mental Disorder

Non-psychotic

 

127 61.4)

Alcohol and drug use

 

7 (3.4)

Bipolar

 

16 (7.7)

Depression

 

98 (47.3)

Anxiety

 

6 (2.9)

Psychotic

 

80 (38.6)

Psychosis

 

75 (36.2)

Schizophrenia

 

5 (2.4)

Missing

 

33 (13.8)

History of TB

No

 

212 (88.3)

Yes

 

28 (11.7)

  1. SD – Standard deviation; IQR – Interquartile range
  2. Missing – #of participants missing data.