Estimating the effectiveness of self-help groups on the adoption of secondary preventive measures by people living with HIV in Central America, 2012

Sanchez-Dominguez, Mario Salvador; Lamadrid-Figueroa, Hector; Leyva-Flores, Rene; Infante-Xibille, Cesar

doi:10.1186/s12913-020-05235-0

Table 5 Ordinary Least Squares model weighted in two stages with instrumental variables incorporated for therapeutic adherence

From: Estimating the effectiveness of self-help groups on the adoption of secondary preventive measures by people living with HIV in Central America, 2012

Variables	Categories		1st stage: Intervention vs. control			2nd stage: adherence
			Coeff	CI		Coeff	CI
Country	El Salvador		1.000			1.000
	Belize		0.467*	0.410	0.524	−0.085	−0.439	0.269
	Costa Rica		−0.046	−0.115	0.022	−0.059	− 0.121	0.002
	Guatemala		0.435*	0.382	0.487	−0.035	− 0.356	0.286
	Honduras		0.249*	0.195	0.303	−0.072	− 0.268	0.123
	Panama		0.422*	0.370	0.475	0.258	−0.062	0.580
Age (years)	16–24		1.000			1.000
	25–44		−0.055*	−0.097	− 0.012	0.026	− 0.033	0.086
	45–59		−0.072*	−0.123	− 0.021	0.019	− 0.052	0.0918
	≥60		−0.066	−0.143	0.009	0.004	−0.080	0.089
Schooling	None		1.000			1.000
	Literate		−0.025	−0.126	0.074	0.037	−0.039	0.115
	6 years		−0.061*	−0.106	− 0.017	0.044	− 0.014	0.104
	12 years		−0.104*	−0.153	− 0.056	0.070	− 0.012	0.153
	≥16 years		−0.044	−0.107	0.017	0.022	−0.046	0.090
Sex	Female		1.000			1.000
Sex	Male		0.028	−0.005	0.062	−0.017	−0.054	0.020
Sexual orientation	Heterosexual		1.000			1.00
	Bisexual		0.056	−0.005	0.119	−0.013	−0.090	0.064
	Homosexual		0.013	−0.032	0.059	−0.015	−0.067	0.036
Currently in a stable relationship	No		1.000			1.000
Currently in a stable relationship	Yes		0.019	−0.012	0.050	−0.020	−0.050	0.009
Average Monthly income	0–2581 USD		−8.720	−0.000	0.000	−8.870	−0.000	0.000
Family support	No		1.000			1.000
Family support	Yes		0.036*	0.001	0.071	−0.032	−0.072	0.007
Economic dependents	No		1.000			1.000
Economic dependents	Yes		−0.006	−0.039	0.027	0.035*	0.005	0.066
History of pulmonary tuberculosis	No		1.000			1.000
History of pulmonary tuberculosis	Yes		0.015	−0.024	0.056	0.081*	0.038	0.125
Received counseling when tested for HIV	No		1.000			1.000
Received counseling when tested for HIV	Yes		−0.005	−0.049	0.039	−0.057*	− 0.099	−0.015
History of drug use	No		1.000			1.000
History of drug use	Yes		−0.034	−0.090	0.021	0.136*	0.069	0.202
Future time perspective (scale)
		1	0.198*	0.099	0.297	−0.166	−0.369	0.036
		2	0.052	−0.149	0.254	−0.162	−0.343	0.017
		3	−0.053	−0.256	0.148	−0.040	− 0.239	0.159
		4	−0.063	−0.213	0.086	−0.021	− 0.193	0.150
		5	−0.116*	−0.224	− 0.007	−0.103	− 0.257	0.050
		6	−0.057	−0.132	0.017	−0.048	− 0.175	0.077
		7	−0.033	−0.106	0.038	−0.083	− 0.201	0.034
		8	−0.016	−0.092	0.059	−0.085	− 0.203	0.032
		9	−0.113*	−0.193	− 0.033	−0.080	− 0.225	0.063
		10	0.198*	0.099	0.297	−0.166	−0.369	0.036
Distance to SHG	Km (Euclidean)		−0.001*	−0.001	− 0.000	–	–	–
Distance to SHG - squared Euclidean	Km (Euclidean)		4.560*	1.410	7.720	–	–	–
Participation	Control		–	–	–	1.000
Participation	Intervention		–	–	–	0.128	−0.629	0.885

Source: prepared by the author based on data from the following project: Elaboration of the risk profile of people living with HIV in the beneficiary countries of the REDCA+ Regional Program; *p < 0.05; overidentification test: p = 0.282; endogeneity test: p = 0.756; weakness test: p = 0.012 (F = 3.37)

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