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Table 1 Participant characteristics and COVID-19 experiences among people living with HIV experiencing less or greater COVID-19 related disruptions

From: Trust in health information sources and its associations with COVID-19 disruptions to social relationships and health services among people living with HIV

 

Less COVID-19 Disruptions

N = 242

Greater COVID-19 Disruptions

N = 217

 

N

%

N

%

X2

t

Men

199

82

170

78

1.1

 

Women

43

18

47

22

  

African American

236

97

210

97

0.5

 

Age in years [M, SD]

34.3

8.8

34.7

9.6

 

0.4

Hours smartphone screen time [M, SD]

5.6

1.5

5.5

1.6

 

0.6

Education

 Less than high school

13

5

19

9

2.9

 

 Graduated high school

70

29

65

30

  

 At least some college

159

66

81

61

  

Currently unemployed

80

33

73

34

1.3

 

Married

16

7

15

7

4.3

 

Currently in HIV care

230

95

207

95

0.1

 

Currently taking antiretroviral therapy

228

94

208

96

0.6

 

Most recent HIV viral load

 Detectable

14

6

15

7

0.5

 

 Undetectable

206

90

181

90

  

 Does not know

10

4

11

2

  

Believe they may have had COVID-19

49

20

34

16

1.6

 

Has been tested for COVID-19

71

29

88

41

6.3**

 

Received positive COVID-19 test result

6

8

9

10

0.6

 

Concerned about self COVID-19a [M, SD]

61.5

33.8

80.4

26.2

 

6.6**

Concerned for others COVID-19a [M, SD]

70.6

30.4

83.6

22.7

 

5.1**

COVID-19 Social Disruptionsb

 You asked others to stay away to avoid getting COVID-19.

148

61

208

96

  

 You have been asked by others to stay away to protect you from getting COVID-19.

149

62

215

99

  

  You were told not to come to work or school because of COVID-19.

102

42

177

82

  

 Avoided public transportation because of COVID-19.

125

52

206

95

  

COVID-19 Healthcare Disruptionsb

 Been unable to get to a pharmacy because of COVID-19.

22

9

114

53

  

 Been unable to get to medicine you need because of COVID-19.

16

7

103

48

  

 You cancelled a clinic or doctor because of COVID-19.

41

17

128

59

  

 A clinic or doctor closed or cancelled your appointment because of COVID-19.

95

39

184

85

  

 A service provider of any type closed or cancelled your appointment because of COVID-19.

98

41

181

83

  
  1. Note: a 100-point rating scale, 0 = not at all concerned to 100 = extremely concerned; b Disruptions dichotomized responses for any occurrence by collapsing ‘a little’ and ‘a lot’ responses; X2 tests for social and healthcare disruptions are not shown due to circularity; * p < .05, ** p < .01