Table 2.
Baseline socio-demographic and health information for patients on antiretroviral therapy in three health facilities in Mozambique, stratified by randomization to text message group or standard of care, 2011–2013
| Standard of care group (n =414) |
Intervention group (n=412) |
Total (n = 830) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Categorical variables | ||||||
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| Health center | ||||||
| Machava II | 191 | 46.1 | 190 | 45.7 | 381 | 45.9 |
| Matola II | 157 | 37.9 | 160 | 38.5 | 317 | 38.2 |
| Namaacha | 66 | 15.9 | 66 | 15.9 | 132 | 15.9 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 172 | 41.5 | 163 | 39.2 | 333 | 40.1 |
| Female | 242 | 58.5 | 253 | 60.8 | 497 | 59.9 |
| Education | ||||||
| Illiterate | 7 | 1.7 | 5 | 1.2 | 12 | 1.7 |
| Primary | 305 | 73.7 | 305 | 73.3 | 610 | 73.5 |
| Secondary/technical | 95 | 22.9 | 100 | 24.0 | 195 | 23.5 |
| University | 5 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 7 | 0.8 |
| Missing | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 6 | 0.7 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Cohabitating | 215 | 51.9 | 213 | 51.2 | 428 | 51.6 |
| Single | 136 | 32.9 | 152 | 36.5 | 288 | 34.7 |
| Married | 30 | 7.2 | 18 | 4.3 | 48 | 5.8 |
| Widower | 33 | 8.0 | 31 | 7.5 | 64 | 7.7 |
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.2 |
| WHO stage | ||||||
| I | 146 | 35.3 | 148 | 35.6 | 294 | 35.4 |
| II | 91 | 22.0 | 75 | 18.0 | 166 | 20.0 |
| III | 143 | 34.5 | 162 | 38.9 | 305 | 36.7 |
| IV | 25 | 6.0 | 28 | 6.7 | 53 | 6.4 |
| Missing | 9 | 2.2 | 3 | 0.7 | 12 | 1.4 |
| Continuous variables | Median (Q1, Q3) | Median (Q1, Q3) | Median (Q1, Q3) | |||
| Age in years | 36.9 | (31.3, 45.7) | 36.9 | (31.2, 43.7) | 36.9 | (31.3, 44.9) |
| CD4 cell count (baseline) | 304 | (196, 468) | 320 | (202,486) | 313 | (200, 475) |
| Time on ART (baseline) in months | 13.1 | (4.5, 26.5) | 14.2 | (4.1, 26.7) | 13.7 | (4.2, 26.6) |
Q1: first quartile; Q3: third quartile.