Table 2 Comparison of psychological variables between groups with and without vulnerability

Percentage with suboptimal ART Adherence*

 Mean

 SD

 Range

98.71

5.276

0–100

98.67

5.79

0–100

98.86

2.75

80–100

t = -0.758

p = 0.601

Percentage of ART Adherence % (n)

 96%-100%

 80%-95%

 0%-79%

92.3 (1162)

7.0 (88)

0.5 (6)

92.6 (910)

6.5 (64)

0.6 (6)

91.3 (252)

8.7 (24)

0

x² = 3.19

p = 0.203

PHQ-9 total score

 Mean

 SD

 Range

4.22

4.65

0–26

3.77

4.26

0–24

5.83

5.55

0–26

t = -6.58

p < 0.001

PHQ-9 level of symptomatology % (n)

 None (0–4 points)

 Mild depression (5–9 points)

 Moderate depression (10–14 points)

 Moderately severe depression (15- 19 points)

 Severe depression (20–27 points)

67.4 (848)

21.1 (266)

6.8 (86)

3.2 (40)

1.5 (19)

71.9 (707)

19.2 (189)

5.2 (51)

2.5 (25)

1.1 (11)

51.1 (141)

27.9 (77)

12.7 (35)

5.4 (15)

2.9 (8)

x² = 49.46

p < 0.001

GAD-7 total score

 Mean

 SD

 Range

4.61

4.19

0–21

4.22

3.98

0–21

6.00

4.62

0–20

t = -6.30

p < 0.001

GAD-7 level of symptomatology % (n)

 None (0–4 points)

 Mild depression (5–9 points)

 Moderate depression (10-14 points)

 Severe depression (15–21 points)

59.7 (751)

27.4 (345)

9.5 (119)

3.5 (44)

63.9 (628)

25.6 (252)

7.2 (71)

3.3 (32)

44.6 (123)

33.7 (93)

17.4 (48)

4.3 (12)

x² = 42.90

p < 0.001

ASSIST risk of tobacco use % (n)

 Low

 Moderate

 High

79.1 (996)

20.7 (260)

0.2 (3)

79.5 (781)

20.2 (199)

0.3 (3)

77.9 (215)

22.1 (61)

0

x² = 1.27

p = 0.530

ASSIST risk of alcohol use % (n)

 Low

 Moderate

 High

96.6 (1216)

2.9 (37)

0.5 (6)

96.9 (953)

2.6 (26)

0.4 (4)

95.3 (263)

4.0 (11)

0.7 (2)

x² = 1.84

p = 0.399

ASSIST risk of cannabis use % (n)

 Low

 Moderate

 High

96.7 (1217)

3.3 (42)

0

96.8 (952)

3.2 (31)

0

96.0 (265)

4.0 (11)

0

x² = 0.462

p = 0.496

ASSIST risk of cocaine use % (n)

 Low

 Moderate

 High

99.0 (1246)

1.0 (12)

0.1 (1)

99.4 (977)

0.5 (5)

0.1 (1)

97.5 (269)

2.5 (7)

0

x² = 9.66

p = 0.008