Test site predicts HIV care linkage and antiretroviral therapy initiation: a prospective 3.5 year cohort study of HIV-positive testers in northern Tanzania

Table 2 Associations between psychosocial factors and early death^a or late or no presentation to care^b among 240 participants enrolled from HIV counselling and testing centres

	Total sample		Early death			Late or no presentation to care
	Mean	Median	Mean	Median	p*	Mean	Median	p*
SF-8 physical (0–100)^c	44.2	46.3	39.3	42.5	0.032	44.7	46.4	0.579
PHQ-9 (0–27)^c	7.6	7.0	10.7	9.0	0.012	7.6	7.0	0.732
PTSD (0–68)^c	11.1	9.0	9.0	6.5	0.103	11.5	7.0	0.325
Stigma, attributed (0–12)	6.2	7.0	6.0	5.5	0.889	6.5	7.0	0.651
Stigma, internalized (0–44)	18.3	16.0	17.0	17.6	0.879	16.6	16.0	0.803
Support (0–76)	43.7	43.0	47.4	49.5	0.285	43.2	44.0	0.833
Childhood trauma index (0–13)^d	1.8	2.0	1.5	1.0	0.226	1.8	2.0	0.014
Adult trauma index (0–5)^d	0.79	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.008	0.9	1.0	0.341

^*Compares results of psychosocial/stigma scales for participants with early death to the total sample, and participants with late presentation to care to the total sample. Those with early death were not compared directly to those with late/no care presentation
^aDeath prior to 2nd study follow up visit
^bPresented to clinic >6 months after HIV+ diagnosis, or no presentation to clinic
^c Abbreviations: SF8 8 question short from of the of physical performance scale--see manuscript text for details, higher scores indicate higher functioning, PHQ-9 personal health quesionnaire-9, assesses depression, higher scores indicate higher depression levels, PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder, higher scores indicate higher levels of PTSD symptoms
^dChildhood and adult trauma index correspond to the number of study-assessed traumatic events that occurred in childhood or adulthood

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