Perceptions of People Living with HIV and HIV Healthcare Providers on Real-Time Measuring and Monitoring of Antiretroviral Adherence Using Ingestible Sensors: A Qualitative Study

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of HIV healthcare providers.

Characteristics (n = 6)	Mean (SD) or n (%)
Age, yrs	48 (14)
Gender
Female	4 (66.6%)
Race and ethnicity
Asian	3 (50%)
Caucasian/white	1 (16.7%)
Hispanic/Latino	1 (16.7%)
Mixed race	1 (16.7%)
Years of work experience	17 (12.5)
Profession
Nurse practitioner	4 (66.6%)
Physician	1 (16.6%)
Resident	1 (16.6%)
Number of HIV + patients seen per week	17 (8.2)
Patients’ main source of HIV infection
MSM	5 (83.3%)
Heterosexual sex	1 (16.6%)
Number of patients using DMP
0	1 (16.6%)
1–5	4 (66.6%
>5	1 (16.6%)

SD, standard deviation; MSM, men who have sex with men; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; DMP, digital medicine program.