Social support, perceived stigma, and depression among PLHIV on second-line antiretroviral therapy using structural equation modeling in a multicenter study in Northeast Ethiopia

Table 3 Correlation between depression, social support, perceived stigma, and other covariates

	Depression (Dep)	Social support (SS)	Perceived stigma (PS)	Functional status (Fun)	High viremia (VL-sup)	Comorbidity (CoM)	Substance use (Sub-use)
Depression	1
SS	− 0.6268	1
PS	0.5737	− 0.4808	1
Fun	0.3271	− 0.2146	0.281	1
VL-sub	0.3132	− 0.2793	0.2395	0.1942	1
CoM	0.2973	− 0.1411	0.1629	0.0784	0.0534	1
Sub-use	0.3998	− 0.3065	0.3178	0.2700	0.1716	0.0329	1

SS social support, PS perceived stigma, Fun functional status, VL-sub last viral load measurement, CoM comorbidity with chronic diseases, SubUse risk of substance use

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