Table 1.
Baseline characteristics among adult (age ≥ 15 years) residents of SEARCH intervention communities who linked to care after baseline CHC and before follow-up year 1 CHC (N = 5683)
| Uganda-West (N = 1306) | Uganda-East (N = 674) | Kenya (N = 3703) | Total (N = 5683) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||
| Male [n (%)] | 219 (32.5%) | 219 (32.5%) | 1163 (31.4%) | 1863 (32.8%) |
| Female [n (%)] | 455 (67.5%) | 455 (67.5%) | 2540 (68.6%) | 3820 (67.2%) |
| Age [years, median (IQR)] | 36 (29–44) | 39 (31–46) | 37 (29–46) | |
| 15–19 years | 42 (3.2%) | 20 (3.0%) | 75 (2.0%) | 137 (2.4%) |
| 20–24 years | 130 (10.0%) | 43 (6.4%) | 293 (7.9%) | 466 (8.2%) |
| 25–29 years | 189 (14.5%) | 83 (12.3%) | 619 (16.7%) | 891 (15.7%) |
| 30–34 years | 232 (17.8%) | 91 (13.5%) | 604 (16.3%) | 927 (16.3%) |
| 35–39 years | 207 (15.9%) | 118 (17.5%) | 617 (16.7%) | 942 (16.6%) |
| 40–44 years | 187 (14.3%) | 125 (18.6%) | 447 (12.1%) | 759 (13.4%) |
| > 45 years | 319 (24.4%) | 194 (28.8%) | 1048 (28.3%) | 1561 (27.5%) |
| Education | ||||
| No School | 230 (17.6%) | 123 (18.3%) | 184 (5%) | 537 (9.5%) |
| Primary or less | 794 (60.8%) | 405 (60.1%) | 3214 (86.8%) | 4413 (77.7%) |
| Any Secondary or further | 282 (21.6%) | 144 (21.4%) | 293 (7.9%) | 313 (5.5%) |
| Don’t know/refused to answer | 0 | 1 (0.2%) | 12 (0.3%) | 13 (0.2%) |
| Occupation | ||||
| Farming | 858 (65.7%) | 485 (72.0%) | 2118 (57.2%) | 3461 (65.7%) |
| Fishing | 1 (0.1%) | 3 (0.5%) | 417 (11.3%) | 421 (7.4%) |
| Shopkeeper/Vendor | 103 (7.9%) | 30 (4.5%) | 425 (11.5%) | 558 (9.8%) |
| Household worker | 50 (3.8%) | 30 (4.5%) | 175 (4.7%) | 255 (4.5%) |
| Transport worker | 26 (2.0%) | 13 (1.9%) | 33 (0.9%) | 72 (1.3%) |
| Student | 18 (1.4%) | 12 (1.8%) | 42 (1.1%) | 72 (1.3%) |
| Other | 194 (14.9%) | 78 (11.6%) | 299 (8.1%) | 571 (10.1%) |
| No Job | 56 (4.3%) | 23 (3.4%) | 194 (5.2%) | 273 (4.8%) |
| Mobility status | ||||
| Stable n(%) | 1258 (96.3%) | 658 (97.6%) | 3628 (98%) | 5544 (97.5%) |
| Mobile n(%) | 48 (3.7%) | 16 (2.4%) | 75 (2.0%) | 139 (2.5%) |
| Access to mobile phone [n (%)] | 758 (58.0%) | 306 (45.4%) | 2657 (71.8%) | 3721 (65.5%) |
| CD4 at baseline CHC | ||||
| <50 cells/mm3 | 10 (0.8%) | 8 (1.2%) | 24 (0.7%) | 42 (0.7%) |
| 50–200 cells/mm3 | 93 (7.1%) | 59 (8.8%) | 188 (5.1%) | 340 (6.0%) |
| 200–350 cells/mm3 | 231 (17.7%) | 127 (18.8%) | 543 (14.4%) | 892 (15.7%) |
| 350–500 cells/mm3 | 326 (25.0%) | 166 (24.6%) | 783 (21.1%) | 1275 (22.4%) |
| >500 cells/mm3 | 588 (45.0%) | 281 (41.7%) | 1827 (49.3%) | 2696 (47.4%) |
| Missing baseline CD4 | 58 (4.4%) | 33 (4.9%) | 347 (9.4%) | 438 (7.7%) |
| Pre-ART CD4 above country treatment guidelines§ | 408 (31.2%) | 196 (29.1%) | 653 (17.6%) | 1257 (22.1%) |
| HIV RNA < 500 copies/ml | 431 (33.0%) | 190 (28.2%) | 1656 (44.7%) | 2277 (40.1%) |
| Missing baseline viral load | 381 (29.2%) | 193 (28.6%) | 873 (23.6%) | 1245 (21.9%) |
| Previous linkage to care [n (%)] | 743 (56.9%) | 396 (58.8%) | 2943 (79.5%) | 4082 (71.8%) |
| On ART before baseline CHC [n (%)] | 585 (44.8%) | 318 (47.2%) | 2359 (63.7%) | 3262 (57.4%) |
| HIV Testing Location | ||||
| CHC* | 1075 (82.3%) | 606 (89.9%) | 2701 (72.9%) | 4382 (77.1%) |
| HBT** | 228 (17.5%) | 60 (8.9%) | 998 (26.7%) | 1286 (22.6%) |
| Missing | 3 (0.2%) | 8 (1.2%) | 4 (0.1%) | 15 (0.3%) |
*
CHC = Community Health Campaign
**
HBT = Home Based Testing
§
Country guidelines for treatment were to initiate ART at CD4 < 350 cells/ml until December 2013 in Uganda and until June 2014 in Kenya, after which country treatment guidelines were changed to reflect the 2013 WHO guidelines of ART initiation at CD4 < 500 cells/ml