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Table 1 Assessment variables

From: Microfinance for women at high risk for HIV in Kazakhstan: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

 

Measurement

Timepointa

Moderators

 

B

M6

M9

M15

 Age, income, education, marital status, experience of sex work, trauma

Sociodemographic Questionnaire

X

X

X

X

 Substance abuse and criminal justice history

Modified Risk Behavior Assessment (RBA) [36]

X

X

X

X

 Mental health status

BSI [37]

X

X

X

X

 Partner violence history (paying and intimate)

Revised Conflict Tactics Scale [38]

X

X

X

X

 Number and type of sexual partners (past year)

Modified RBA [36]

X

X

X

X

 Perceived stigma

Modified Sex Worker Stigma (SWS) Index [39]

X

X

X

X

Mediators

 

B

M6

M9

M15

 HIV/STI knowledge

HIV/STI knowledge [40]

X

X

X

X

 Condom use self-efficacy

Condom Use Self-Efficacy Scale [41]

X

X

X

X

 Condom use outcome expectancies

Condom Barriers Scale [42]

X

X

X

X

 Condom negotiation self-efficacy

Condom Negotiation Self Efficacy Scale [43]

X

X

X

X

 Sexual communication skills

Sexual Communication Scale [44]

X

X

X

X

 Social support

MSPSS [45]

X

X

X

X

 Current partner violence (paying and intimate)

Revised Conflict Tactics scale [38]

X

X

X

X

 Access to services

RBA Services [36]

X

X

X

X

 bFinancial literacy

Financial literacy knowledge [46]

X

X

X

X

 bSavings deposits

Bank Statements

 

X

X

X

 bVocational training sessions attended

Attendance/process

 

X

X

X

Outcomes

 

B

M6

M9

M15

 STI (gonorrhea, syphilis, trichomoniasis, chlamydia, Mycoplasma genitalium), HCV, and HIV status

Laboratory assays (see Table 2)

X

 

X

X

 Sexual behavioral risk: number and % of unprotected sexual acts

Modified RBA [36]

X

X

X

X

 Number and % shared injection acts, other drug use

Modified RBA [36]

X

X

X

X

 Proportion of income from sex work, savings, debt

Economic Indicators Questionnaire

X

X

X

X

 Cost of staff time, supplies, overhead for HIVRR and for MF

Project records; Administration review

Ongoing

  1. aB baseline (prior to randomization or intervention); M6 month-6 follow-up, M9 month-9 follow-up, M15 month-15 follow-up
  2. bUniquely associated with asset theory and the HIVRR+MF arm
  3. HCV hepatitis C virus, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, HIVRR HIV relative risk, MF microfinance, STI sexually transmitted disease