Research Article
HIV Care Preferences among Young People Living with HIV in Lesotho: A Secondary Data Analysis of the PEBRA Cluster Randomized Trial
Table 3
Support preferences over time, by sex, among those still in care at 12 months.
| | | First assessment | Middle assessment | Last assessment | | Level | Overall | Female | Male | Overall | Female | Male | Overall | Female | Male | | n | 303 | 183 | 119 | 275 | 164 | 111 | 245 | 151 | 94 |
| | Peer educator support | | Saturday clinic club (SCC) (%) | 70 (23.1) | 39 (21.3) | 31 (26.1) | 56 (20.4) | 29 (17.7) | 27 (24.3) | 57 (23.3) | 28 (18.5) | 29 (30.9) | | Community youth club (CYC) (%) | 2 (0.7) | 2 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | | Phone call by peer educator (%) | 60 (19.8) | 43 (23.5) | 16 (13.4) | 65 (23.6) | 43 (26.2) | 22 (19.8) | 68 (27.8) | 45 (29.8) | 23 (24.5) | | Home-visit by peer educator (%) | 13 (4.3) | 6 (3.3) | 7 (5.9) | 14 (5.1) | 11 (6.7) | 3 (2.7) | 12 (4.9) | 7 (4.6) | 5 (5.3) | | School visit and health talk by the peer educator (%) | 5 (1.7) | 2 (1.1) | 3 (2.5) | 2 (0.7) | 2 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | | Pitso visit and health talk by the peer educator (%) | 2 (0,7) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| | Nurse support | | By the nurse at the clinic (%) | 109 (36.0) | 70 (38.3) | 39 (32.8) | 98 (35.6) | 62 (37.8) | 36 (32.4) | 80 (32.7) | 52 (34.4) | 28 (29.8) |
| | Other support | | Condom demonstration (%) | 22 (7.3) | 11 (6.0) | 11 (9.2) | 15 (5.5) | 8 (4.9) | 7 (6.3) | 10 (4.1) | 8 (5.3) | 2 (2.1) | | More information about contraceptives (%) | 10 (3.3) | 5 (2.7) | 5 (4.2) | 11 (4.0) | 5 (3.0) | 6 (5.4) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | | More information about VMMC (%) | 5 (1.7) | NA | 5 (4.2) | 5 (1.8) | NA | 5 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | NA | 0 (0.0) | | For pregnant: linkage to young mothers group (%) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.5) | NA | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | NA | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | NA | | For females: linkage to a female WORTH group (social asset building model) (%) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | NA | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | NA | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | NA | | More information about legal aid and gender-based violence (%) | 4 (1.3) | 3 (1.6) | 1 (0.8) | 8 (2.9) | 4 (2.4) | 4 (3.6) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| | No support | | No support wanted (%) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 16 (6.5) | 9 (6.0) | 7 (7.4) |
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Abbreviations: community youth club (CYC), SCC (Saturday clinic club), and VMMC (voluntary male medical circumcision).
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