Table 1 Participants’ characteristics
n | 112 |
|---|---|
Age (median [IQR]) | 43.0 [35.0, 52.5] |
Gender (%) | |
 Female | 83 (74.1) |
 Male | 26 (23.2) |
 Unspecified | 3 (2.7) |
VL blood draw during enrolment (%) | |
 Unknown | 1 (0.9) |
 No | 94 (83.9) |
 Yes | 17 (15.2) |
Last VL result ≥ 1000 copies/ml (%) | |
 Unknown | 2 (1.8) |
 No | 97 (86.6) |
 Yes | 13 (11.6) |
ART regimen (%) | |
 2 NRTIs + 1 INSTI | 6 (5.4) |
 2 NRTIs + 1 NNRTI | 102 (91.1) |
 2 NRTIs + 1 PI | 4 (3.6) |
Duration of ART (years) (median [IQR]) | 4.1 [2.3, 7.6] |
Missed HIV medication in previous month (%) | 16 (14.3) |
Other medication (%) | |
 Unknown | 1 (0.9) |
 Co-trimoxazole | 1 (0.9) |
 High blood pressure medicine | 32 (28.6) |
 Combination: high blood pressure medicine and traditional medicine | 1 (0.9) |
 Isoniazid preventive therapy (ITP) | 18 (16.1) |
 No other medication | 57 (50.9) |
 Other | 2 (1.8) |
Employment (%) | |
 Employed in Lesotho | 12 (10.7) |
 Employed in South Africa | 3 (2.7) |
 Housewife | 2 (1.8) |
 No regular income | 86 (76.8) |
 Self-employed with regular income | 8 (7.1) |
 Subsistence farming | 1 (0.9) |
Education (%) | |
 Completed high school | 12 (10.7) |
 Completed primary school | 38 (33.9) |
 Completed secondary school | 27 (24.1) |
 Completed tertiary school | 4 (3.6) |
 Primary school not completed | 31 (27.7) |
Travel costs to health center (Maloti) (median [IQR]) | 8.0 [8.0, 10.0] |
Travel time to health center (min) (median [IQR]) | 37.5 [20.0, 45.0] |