Table 1.
Baseline comparison of intervention and control clinic demographics and service profile
| Caseload | Intervention clinics (N = 7) |
Control clinics (N = 14) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Total caseload: annual number of patients treated in 2005 | 504,679 | 822,395 | 0.40 |
| 2. Adult caseload: number of patients who were 5 yrs and older | 334,758 | 600,142 | 0.66 |
| STI services | |||
| 3. STI-new: number of patients treated who presented with a new episode of STI | 8,466 | 12,377 | 0.26 |
| 4. STI load as a proportion of total adult caseload | 3% | 2% | 0.17 |
| HIV testing services | |||
| 5. VCT Total: number of patients who received voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) | 13,275 | 19,426 | 0.33 |
| 6. VCT load as a proportion of total adult caseload | 4% | 2% | 0.94 |
| 7. Proportion of VCT patients who were female | 56% | 54% | 0.33 |
| 8. HIV test acceptance, VCT: proportion of VCT patients who were tested for HIV | 93% | 85% | 0.03* |
| 9. HIV positive rate amongst patients who tested for HIV | 29% | 28% | 0.82 |
| 10. Lay Counsellor workload: the average number of VCT patients counseled per lay counsellor per day | 4.3 patients | 4.7 patients | 0.59 |
| TB treatment outcomes | |||
| 11. VCT for TB: proportion of New Smear Positive TB patients who received VCT | 79% | 77% | 0.63 |
| 12. TB success rate: proportion of New Smear Positive TB patients who were successfully treated (combined TB cure and TB completion rates) | 79% | 77% | 0.97 |
Annual data for 2005
Data sources for variables numbered: 1 to 4 = Routine Monthly Report (RMR); 5, 7, 8, 9, and 11 = Voluntary Counseling and Testing quarterly reports; 10 = Quarterly lay counsellor statistics report, 2005; 12 = TB quarterly reports.