Sample Characteristics
depression, SD, depressive symptoms
SECONDARY
The intervention arm consisted of 191 PWLWH (out of 391 PWLWH enrolled in the trial overall). Baseline characteristics of those in the intervention arm included mean age of 27.3 (SD = 5.7) years, 41% had any secondary education, 81% were in a committed relationship, mean gestation was 21.3 weeks (SD = 6.4), 22% were newly diagnosed with HIV, and 57% had an undetectable HIV viral load.Of the 191 PWLWH, 122 (63.8%) met criteria for clinical depression (PHQ-9 > 9) at baseline and 117 (95.9%) of those received depression treatment. Of the five participants who were not started on treatment at baseline, two declined treatment, two were lost to follow-up or transferred their care elsewhere, and one had a rapid decrease in her PHQ-9 score before initiating treatment. An additional 12 participants with mild depressive symptoms at baseline, (PHQ-9 between 5 and 9), reported increased depression (PHQ-9 > 9) in the weeks following study enrollment (range: 2–13 weeks after enrollment), and were initiated on treatment. Therefore, a total of 129 (96.2%) of the 134 participants who met criteria for clinical depression either at baseline or after study enrollment received depression treatment, 84 (65.1%) of whom began PST and 45 (34.8%) of whom began ADT.Depressive symptoms at treatment initiation were more severe among those treated with ADT compared to PST, based on mean (SD) PHQ-9 ([16.4 (4.1) vs. 13.3 (3.2); p < .001] and the proportion of participants with severe depression (PHQ-9 > 19; 28.9% vs. 4.8%; Fischer’s Exact Test < 0.001). Participants initiated on ADT were younger [mean (SD) age = 25.2 (5.4) vs. 28.4 (5.3); p < .001] and had higher HIV viral loads at baseline [mean (SD) log