Table 4.

Partner follow-up outcomes and process, Njombe, Tanzania, June–September 2015

Referral factors	n	%
Outcome of partner notification out of listed sexual partners
Successfully referred	249	56.7
Not successfully referred	190	43.3
Total	439	100.0
Reasons for failure of referral
Partner geographically distant (travel or residence)	70	36.8
Partner agreed to come but did not show up	36	19.0
Partner was not reached	29	15.3
Partner refused upon contact	18	9.5
Partner too busy to come in (farming/business/work)	9	4.7
Other reasons	28	14.7
Total	190	100.0
Partner escorted by index client (missing information = 1)
Yes	178	71.8
No	60	24.2
Total	238	100.0
Days taken to successful referral (missing information = 1)
Partner came to facility by day 2	153	61.7
Partner came to the facility within days 3–7	19	7.7
Partner came to the facility within days 8–14	27	10.9
Partner came to the facility 15+ days	49	19.7
Total	248	100.0
Average number of contacts to partners (missing information = 1)	Mean [range]
Successfully referred (n = 248)	2 [1–5]
Not successfully referred (n = 190)	1 [1–4]