Table 1 Demographic variables, psychiatric and HIV disease characteristics of the study participants (N = 97)

Demographics

Age [years, M (S.D.)]^a

–

–

0.04

Gender^b

 Male [N (%)]

23 (31.9)

49 (68.1)

0.26

 Female [N (%)]

05 (20.0)

20 (80.0)

Socioeconomic status [Kuppuswamy Scale] [N (%)]^c

 Lower

00 (00.0)

02 (100.0)

0.21

 Upper lower

18 (25.7)

52 (74.3)

 Lower middle

07 (38.9)

11 (61.1)

 Upper middle

03 (42.9)

04 (57.1)

 Upper

00 (00.0)

00 (00.0)

No. of years of education [M (S.D.)]^a

–

–

0.68

Psychiatric characteristics [N (%)]

 Mood symptoms (Based on Beck’s Depression Inventory)^c

  Normal

49 (55.1)

40 (44.9)

0.78

  Mild mood disturbances

05 (62.5)

03 (37.5)

HIV disease characteristics

 CD4 cell count [M (S.D.)]^a

–

–

0.11

 Nadir CD4 cell count [M (S.D.)]^a

–

–

0.22

Diagnosed with AIDs [N (%)]^c

–

–

 Yes

00 (00.0)

13 (100.0)

0.98

 No

28 (33.3)

56 (66.7)

Time since HIV diagnosis [M (S.D.)]^a

-

-

0.67

ART status^c

 On ART [N (%)]

27 (28.4)

68 (71.6)

0.58

 Not on ART [N (%)]

01 (50.0)

01 (50.0)

Duration of ART (years) [M (S.D.)]^a

–

–

0.94

Efavirenz-based treatment regimen^b

N (%) On Efavirenz

14 (28.6)

35 (71.4)

0.79

N (%) Not on Efavirenz

12 (26.1)

34 (73.9)

ART regimen [N (%)]

 TDF + 3TC + EFV

–

–

 AZT + 3TC + NVP

–

–

 AZT + 3TC + LPV/r

–

–

 AZT + 3TC + ABC

–

–

 TDF + 3TC + ABC

–

–

 TDF + 3TC + LPV/r

–

–