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Table 1 Characteristics of clients on protease inhibitor-based ART regimens who underwent intensive adherence counseling at an urban public HIV care center in Uganda

From: Brief communication: The extent and determinants of viral suppression among patients on protease inhibitor-based Anti-retro-viral therapy undergoing intensive adherence counselling in a public HIV care center in Uganda

Characteristic

Frequency

Proportion (%)

Age (median, IQR), n = 189

35, (17–43)

 

Sex,n = 189

  

Male

71

38

Female

118

62

Marital status,n = 189

  

Married

65

34

Not married

124

66

Residence,n = 189

  

Urban

135

71

Rural

54

29

Initial ART regimen,n = 189

  

Efavirenz-based

80

42

Nevirapine-based

75

40

Protease Inhibitor-based

34

18

Years on ART (median, IQR),n = 189

9 (6–11)

 

Current ART regimen

  

Atazanavir/Ritonavir-based

114

60

Lopinavir/Ritonavir-based

75

40

Years on PI-based ART (median, IQR),n = 189

5 (5–6)

 

Number of IAC sessions (median, IQR),n = 189

3 (3–4)

 

Duration on IAC in months (median, IQR), n = 189

3 (2–4)

 

Days to viral load test after IAC (median, IQR),n = 189

35 (4-121)

 

Suppression status after IAC (95% CI),n = 186

  

Yes (Suppressed)

95 (44–58)

51