Effectiveness of Couple-Based HIV Counseling and Testing for Women Substance Users and Their Primary Male Partners: A Randomized Trial

Table 2

Retention rates at 3- and 9-month follow-up assessments by treatment condition.

	Couples-based		Women-only relationship-focused		Control: NIDA standard
	HIV-CT (𝑛=110)		HIV-CT (𝑛=104)		HIV-CT (𝑛=116)		P value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Female (𝑛=330) retention rate
3-month followup	90	81.8	89	85.6	96	82.8	.74
9-month followup	81	73.6	83	79.8	94	81.0	.37
Male (𝑛=330) retention rate
3-month followup	71	64.5	71	68.3	83	71.6	.53
9-month followup	62	56.4	60	57.7	70	60.3	.82