Table 1

Characteristics of Study Sample

CharacteristicsAllClinician Mindfulness TertileaP Value
LowMiddleHigh
Patient, No.437150146141
Age, mean (SD), y45.4 (9.4)44.8 (9.6)43.9 (9.1)47.6 (9.2)0.41
Female, No. (%)147 (34)48 (32)46 (31)53 (36)0.45
High school degree, No. (%)317 (73)44 (37)37 (31)39 (33)0.74
Race/ethnicity, No. (%)<0.01
 Black254 (58)97 (65)61 (42)96 (68)
 Hispanic62 (14)13 (9)33 (23)16 (11)
 White106 (24)37 (25)44 (30)25 (18)
 Other15 (3)3 (2)8 (5)4 (3)
Active drug use, No. (%)128 (29)50 (33)47 (32)41 (22)0.07
Depression score, mean (SD)2.11 (0.64)2.13 (0.69)2.08 (0.67)2.11 (0.56)0.81
CD4 cell count, mean (SD)470 (329)458 (318)440 (278)513 (383)0.37
Length of patient-physician relationship >5 year, No. (%)144 (33)51 (34)53 (37)40 (29)0.39
Clinician, No.45151515
Age, mean (SD), y44.5 (8.6)43.7 (9.7)47.5 (6.8)42.3 (8.6)0.23
Female, No. (%)25 (56)4 (27)8 (53)13 (87)<0.01
Physicians, No. (%)34 (76)13 (38)10 (29)11 (32)0.43
Race/ethnicity, No. (%)0.05
 White30 (67)11 (73)12 (80)7 (47)
 Asian11 (24)4 (27)3 (20)4 (27)
 Other4 (9)0 (0)0 (0)4 (27)
  • a Mean mindfulness scores: low tertile = 3.53, middle tertile = 4.31, high tertile = 5.17.