Randomized Clinical Trial of the Effectiveness of a Home-Based Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse Intervention: Outcomes for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness and HIV

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of sample receiving an intervention from an advanced practice psychiatric nurse or usual care.

Characteristic	APRN intervention (𝑛=128)		Control (𝑛=110)		𝑃
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Age (mean ± SD)	43.9 ± 6.6		43.2 ± 7.7		.42
Gender					.98
Male	67	52.3	58	52.7
Female	57	44.5	49	44.5
Transgender	4	3.1	3	2.7
Race or ethnicity					.47
Black or African American	105	81.9	88	79.1
White	13	10.2	11	10
American Indian	2	1.6	2	1.8
More than one race	0	—	3	2.7
Other	8	6.3	6	6.4
Hispanic or Latino	13	10.2	8	7.3	.58
Education					.68
Less than high school	66	51.9	52	47.3
High school	36	27.8	38	34.5
Post-high school technical training	2	1.6	1	0.9
Some college	16	12.3	16	14.5
College degree	5	4	2	1.9
Graduate studies	3	2.4	1	0.9
Current employment status					.30
Unemployed	114	89.1	97	88.2
Competitive job	8	6.3	7	6.4
Transitional employment	2	1.6	1	0.9
Work training	2	1.6	0	—
Work in sheltered workshop	1	0.8	0	—
Other	1	0.8	5	4.5
Mental illness					.51
Schizophrenia spectrum disorder	25	19.7	28	25.7
Affective disorder	94	73.2	76	68.8
Other serious mental illness	9	7.1	6	5.5
Years from HIV diagnosis to
Baseline interview date (mean ± SD)	11.8 ± 5.7		12.4 ± 6.5		.77