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. 2018 Dec 6;18:949. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3735-0

Table 5.

Retention in care and adherence to appointment schedule pre- versus post-intervention stratified by age groupa

Outcome Pre-intervention Post-intervention aOR/Effect estimate
(95% CI)
p
N % N %
< 10 years 30 27
 Came to at least 4 appointments 17 56.7% 21 77.8% 2.65 (0.74–9.53) 0.14
 Adhered to appointment schedule 9 36.0% 17 85.0% 12.39 (3.64–42.19) < 0.001
 MOH-defined retention 22 73.3% 25 92.6% 4.36 (0.94–20.20) 0.06
10–18 years 20 35
 Came to at least 4 appointments 11 55.0% 23 65.7% 1.41 (0.49–4.04) 0.52
 Adhered to appointment schedule 4 28.6% 11 42.3% 2.01 (0.52–7.71) 0.31
 MOH-defined retention 10 50.0% 27 77.1% 3.43 (1.19–9.83) 0.02
19+ years 606 612
 Came to at least 4 appointments 353 58.3% 408 66.7% 1.44 (1.05–1.97) 0.02
 Adhered to appointment schedule 218 45.7% 265 54.8% 1.46 (1.03–2.06) 0.03
 MOH-defined retention 440 72.6% 458 74.8% 1.14 (0.84–1.56) 0.40
< 19 years 50 62
 Came to at least 4 appointments 28 56.0% 44 71.0% 1.95 (0.83–4.59) 0.13
 Adhered to appointment schedule 13 33.3% 28 60.9% 3.31 (1.41–7.79) 0.01
 MOH-defined retention 32 64.0% 52 83.9% 2.92 (1.31–6.51) 0.01

aSex-adjusted logistic regression accounting for facility-level clustering