A Cross-Sectional Study on the Affordable Care Act from the Perspective of People Living with HIV: The Interplay between Knowledge, Stigma, Trust, and Attitudes

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

Cohort characteristics	Total: n (%) (n = 53)
Age (years)
Median (IQR)	43 [30, 50]
Gender
Male	35 (66.0%)
Noncis male	18 (34.0%)
Race
Black	30 (56.6%)
White	19 (35.8%)
Others	4 (7.5%)
Years since HIV diagnosis
Median (IQR)	10.3 [4.8, 19.7]
Financial status^1
<50% FPL	16 (30.2%)
51–100% FPL	16 (30.2%)
101–133% FPL	5 (9.4%)
134–200% FPL	7 (13.2%)
>201% FPL	9 (17.0%)
Education
Less than high school	5 (9.4%)
High school or equivalent	30 (56.6%)
Vocational	5 (9.4%)
College degree	11 (20.8%)
More than college degree	2 (3.8%)
Housing stability^1
Unstable housing	3 (5.7%)
Stable housing with future concern	7 (13.2%)
Stable housing without future concern	43 (81.1%)
Transportation access
Difficulty	15 (28.3%)
No difficulty	38 (71.7%)
Internet access
Neither	9 (17.0%)
Smartphone only	6 (11.3%)
Computer only	2 (3.8%)
Computer and smartphone	36 (67.9%)
Depressive symptoms^2
Yes	35 (66.0%)
No	18 (34.0%)
Problem drinking^3
Yes	12 (22.6%)
No	41 (77.4%)
Drug use within the past year^4
Yes	12 (22.6%)
No	41 (77.4%)
Currently prescribed ART
Yes	49 (92.5%)
No	4 (7.5%)
Current viral suppression status
Virally suppressed	41 (78.8%)
Not virally suppressed	6 (11.5%)
Unsure	5 (9.6%)

¹Housing stability assessed using methods from Montgomery et al. [15]. ²Depressive symptoms assessed using the 5-item MHI scale from Berwick et al. [16]. ³Problem drinking assessed using the AUDIT-C questionnaire from Bush et al. [17]. ⁴Drug use assessed using a single-question screening test from Smith et al. [18]. Abbreviations: IQR: interquartile range, FPL: federal poverty level, and ART: antiretroviral therapy.