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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Oct 1;73(2):e23–e30. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001115

Table 3.

Risk differences and risk ratios of retention in antiretroviral care comparing text message intervention to standard of care in three health facilities in Mozambique, 2011–2013


Rate Differences Rate Ratios

Control Intervention PE (95%CI) p PE (95%CI) p
Retention at 12 months %, (95% CI)*
 All sites 91.0 (87.7 – 93.4) 93.8 (90.9 – 95.7) 2.8 (−0.9 – 6.4) 0.1393
 Urban 89.9 (86.1 – 93.1) 94.3 (91.3 – 96.4) 4.4 (0.4 – 8.5) 0.0320
 Rural 96.8 (87.9 – 99.2) 90.7 (80.4 – 95.7) −6.1 (−14.5 – 2.2) 0.1482
Attrition incidence per 100 person-years within first 12 months of follow up, PE (95% CI)
 All sites 9.5 (6.8 – 13.1) 6.4 (4.3 – 9.5) −3.0 (−7.0 – 1.0) 0.1389 0.68 (0.41 – 1.13) 0.1386
 Urban 10.7 (7.6 – 15.0) 5.8 (3.7 – 9.1) −4.9 (−9.3 – −0.4) 0.0306 0.54 (0.31 – 0.95) 0.0324
 Rural 3.2 (0.8 – 12.9) 10.0 (4.5 – 22.2) 6.8 (−2.4 – 15.9) 0.1661 3.10 (0.63 – 15.34) 0.1662

PE = point estimate;

95%CI = 95% confidence interval

*

Kaplan-Meier based estimates at end of 12 months of follow up and differences of retentions tested using z-test