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. 2015 Mar 24;17(3):e78. doi: 10.2196/jmir.3859

Table 4.

Outcomes for participants with a normal laboratory result.

Characteristic Reported SMS receipt, n/N (%) P Accurate message identification, n/N (%) P Appropriate return to clinic, n/N (%) P
All normal test result participants 139/208 (66.8) n/a 132/139 (95.0) n/a 156/247 (63.2) n/a
Age (years)
.75
.26
.61

≤25 26/40 (65)
23/26 (88)
34/48 (71)

26-32 31/42 (74)
31/31 (100)
32/50 (64)

33-39 37/56 (66)
35/37 (95)
39/66 (59)

≥40 45/70 (64)
43/45 (96)
51/83 (61)
Gender
.14
.28
.26

Female 93/146 (64)
87/93 (94)
115/176 (65)

Male 46/62 (74)
45/46 (98)
41/71 (58)
Estimated household income (US $/month)
.14
.46
.85

<40 29/48 (60)
26/29 (90)
37/57 (65)

40-80 34/45 (76)
33/34 (97)
34/55 (62)

80-180 16/27 (59)
15/16 (94)
17/28 (61)

>180 28/35 (80)
28/28 (100)
30/43 (70)

Unknown/unable to estimate 32/53 (60)
30/32 (94)
38/64 (59)
Educational attainment
.14
.29
.11

Less than primary 15/27 (56)
13/15 (87)
22/31 (71)

Any primary 64/101 (63)
62/64 (97)
77/126 (61)

Any secondary 44/61 (72)
41/44 (93)
38/67 (57)

More than secondary 16/19 (84)
16/16 (100)
19/23 (83)
Literacy on enrollment
.001
.27
.27

Cannot read a complete sentence 35/68 (51)
32/35 (91)
57/84 (68)

Reads all of a sentence 104/140 (74)
100/104 (96)
99/163 (61)
Transportation time to clinic
.36
.95
.37

<30 minutes 32/44 (73)
30/32 (94)
34/48 (71)

30-59 minutes 32/47 (68)
31/32 (97)
37/54 (69)

60-119 minutes 38/65 (58)
36/38 (95)
45/77 (58)

≥129 minutes 37/52 (71)
35/57 (95)
40/68 (59)
Share mobile phone with household


.34
.67

No 75/116 (75) .46 70/75 (93)
85/132 (64)

Yes 64/92 (70)
62/64 (97)
71/115 (62)
Accessed sample SMS text on enrollment
.049
.52
.17

No 23/40 (58)
21/23 (91)
27/50 (54)

Yes 96/130 (74)
91/96 (95)
100/154 (65)
Cellular network
.14
<.001
.99

MTN 84/113 (74)
82/84 (98)
85/131 (65)

Airtel 35/58 (60)
35/35 (100)
43/68 (63)

Warid 18/30 (60)
13/18 (72)
24/38 (63)

Other 2/2 (100)
2/2 (100)
3/5 (60)