Skip to main content
. 2018 Jan 15;6(1):e16. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.8513

Table 3.

Model outcomes for rate and odds ratios of patient visits, tested for HIV, and tested positive for HIV; Tanzania Health Information Technology (T-HIT) electronic records compared with paper records in T-HIT sites and comparison sites.

Variable and category Rate ratio (95% CI) P value
Rate ratios for the number of patients seen weekly


Week 0.99 (0.97-1.00) .14

Record group   .20a


T-HIT electronic versus non-T-HIT paper (week 18) 1.52 (0.87-2.66) .14


T-HIT electronic versus T-HIT paper (week 18) 1.14 (0.67-1.95) .63


T-HIT paper versus non-T-HIT paper (week 18) 1.11 (0.61-2.01) .74

Phase



Post intervention versus pre intervention 1.04 (0.71-1.53) .83

Week×phase interaction



Post intervention versus pre intervention 1.00 (0.98-1.03) .75
Odds ratios for the number of patients who were tested for HIV


Week 0.95 (0.86-1.06) .35

Record group
.77a


T-HIT electronic versus non-T-HIT paper (week 18) 0.89 (0.27-2.90) .85


T-HIT electronic versus T-HIT paper (week 18) 0.65 (0.24-1.79) .41


T-HIT paper versus non-T-HIT paper (week 18) 1.28 (0.26-6.16) .76

Phase



Post intervention versus pre intervention 0.06 (0.01-0.29) .001

Week×phase interaction



Post intervention versus pre intervention 1.10 (0.97-1.23) .13
Odds ratios for the number of those tested who were positive for HIV


Week×phase interaction



Post intervention versus pre intervention 0.95 (0.91-1.00) .04


Preintervention effect of week 0.98 (0.94-1.04) .55


Postintervention effect of week 0.94 (0.89-0.98) .004

Record group
.69a


T-HIT electronic versus non-T-HIT paper (week 18) 0.67 (0.24-1.82) .43


T-HIT electronic versus T-HIT paper (week 18) 0.78 (0.23-2.63) .68


T-HIT paper versus non-T-HIT paper (week 18) 0.41 (0.19-0.89) .02

Phase



Post intervention versus pre intervention 6.43 (2.26-18.35) .001

aType 3 P values.