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Table 1 Characteristics of 1900 patients testing HIV-positive pre- versus post-intervention at 20 facilities in Ugandaa

From: Results from a proactive follow-up intervention to improve linkage and retention among people living with HIV in Uganda: a pre-/post- study

Characteristic

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

 

N

%

N

%

Total

928

 

972

 

Sex

 Female

558

60.1%

586

60.3%

 Male

370

39.9%

386

39.7%

Age group

  < 10 years

72

7.8%

65

6.7%

 10–18 years

80

8.6%

83

8.5%

 19–48 years

683

73.6%

729

75.0%

 49+ years

71

7.7%

59

6.1%

 Missing

22

2.4%

36

3.7%

Clinical stage at diagnosis

 I

290

31.3%

296

30.5%

 II

90

9.7%

56

5.8%

 III

19

2.1%

17

1.8%

 IV

6

0.7%

5

0.5%

 Missing

523

56.4%

598

61.5%

Entry point

 PMTCT

69

7.1%

 Facility-based non-PMTCT

782

80.5%

 Outreach

98

10.1%

 Missing

23

2.4%

First HIV test

 Yes

372

38.3%

 No

567

58.3%

 Missing

33

3.4%

Third HIV test or greater in last year

 Yes

418

43.0%

 No

514

52.9%

 Missing

40

4.1%

TB status

 Positive

  

33

3.4%

 Negative or unknown

  

939

96.6%

Marital status

 Married

428

44.0%

 Never married

269

27.7%

 Separated, divorced, or widowed

104

10.7%

 Cohabitating

32

3.3%

 Missing

139

14.3%

  1. a2 patients were excluded from the original sample because they died over follow-up; 43 were excluded because they were reported as transferring to another facility over follow-up and this information could not be corroborated. Data for certain indicators were only collected at endline