Table 3.

Post follow-up attendance rate.

Attendance		Text message group (n=350), n (%)		Control group (n=339), n (%)		Total (text message+control group combined, n=689), n (%)
During trial
	Attendance, primary analysis		84 (24.0)		80 (23.4)		164 (24.4)
Post trial—both groups receive the same tracing methods
	Attendance at clinic after a phone call (tracing method 1)		82 (23.4)		73 (21.5)		155 (22.5)
	Attendance at clinic after a home visit (tracing method 2)		4 (1.1)		7 (2.1)		11 (1.6)
	Participation via self-sampling at the home level (tracing method 3)		105 (30.0)		103 (30.3)		208 (30.1)
Total		275 (78.5)		262 (77.2)		537 (77.9)