TABLE 1.
Characteristics of adolescent seeds and referrals by wave
| Measures | Wave 0 (seed) N = 252 | Wave 1 N = 178 | Wave 2 N = 157 | Wave 3 N = 135 | Wave 4 + N = 327 | Total N = 1049 | p value (Kruskal–Wallis, Chi square test) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) or median | n (%) or median | n (%) or median | n (%) or median | n (%) or median | n (%) or median | ||
| (IQR) | (IQR) | (IQR) | (IQR) | (IQR) | (IQR) | ||
| Age (years) | 17.7 (16.6,18.4) | 17.5 (16.4,8.6) | 17.1 (16.1,18.5) | 17.5 (16.6,18.6) | 16.8 (15.8,17.7) | 17.3 (16.1,18.3) | < 0.01 |
| Facility | < 0.01 | ||||||
| Muhoroni | 51 (20.2%) | 70 (39.3%) | 61 (38.9%) | 43 (31.9%) | 45 (13.7%) | 270(25.7%) | |
| Nyahera | 96 (38.1%) | 78 (43.8%) | 65 (41.4%) | 61 (45.2%) | 85 (26.0%) | 385(36.7%) | |
| Rabuor | 105 (41.7%) | 30 (16.9%) | 31 (19.8%) | 31 (23.0%) | 197 (60.2%) | 394(37.6%) | |
| Gender | < 0.01 | ||||||
| Female | 252 (100%) | 116 (65.2%) | 84 (53.5%) | 67 (49.6%) | 129 (39.5%) | 647 (61.7%) | |
| Male | 0 (0%) | 62 (34.8%) | 73 (46.5%) | 68 (50.4%) | 198 (60.6%) | 402 (38.3%) | |
| Marital status | < 0.01 | ||||||
| Single | 217 (86.1%) | 172 (96.6%) | 156 (99.4%) | 134 (99.3%) | 324 (99.3%) | 1003 (95.6%) | |
| Married | 35 (13.9%) | 6 (3.4%) | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (0.7%) | 3 (0.9%) | 46 (4.4%) | |
| In school | < 0.01 | ||||||
| No | 105 (41.7%) | 38 (21.4%) | 22 (14.0%) | 24 (17.8%) | 24 (7.3%) | 213 (20.3%) | |
| Yes | 147 (58.3%) | 140 (78.7%) | 135 (86.0%) | 111 (82.2%) | 303 (92.7%) | 836 (79.7%) | |
| Occupation | < 0.01 | ||||||
| Employed | 36 (14.3%) | 9 (5.1%) | 3 (1.9%) | 4 (3.0%) | 5 (1.5%) | 57 (5.4%) | |
| Not employed | 216 (85.7%) | 169 (94.9%) | 154 (98.1%) | 131 (97.0%) | 322 (98.5%) | 992 (94.6%) | |
| Services sought on the visit day | < 0.01 | ||||||
| HIV testing | 49 (30.6%) | 166 (96.5%) | 151 (98.7%) | 131 (97.8%) | 324 (99.9%) | 821 (87.1%) | |
| HIV care | 4 (2.5%) | 1 (0.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (0.5%) | |
| MCH & ANC | 23 (14.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 24 (2.6%) | |
| Other | 84 (52.5%) | 5 (2.9%) | 2 (1.3%) | 2 (1.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 93 (9.9%) | |
| Missing | 92 (36.5%) | 6 (%) | 4 (%) | 1 (%) | 3 (0.1%) | 199 (19.0%) | |
| Tested on the visit day | < 0.01 | ||||||
| No | 52 (20.6%) | 6 (3.4%) | 2 (1.3%) | 3 (2.2%) | 17 (5.2%) | 80 (7.6%) | |
| Yes, first time tester | 33 (13.1%) | 61 (34.3%) | 67 (42.7%) | 48 (35.6%) | 134 (41.0%) | 343 (32.7%) | |
| Yes, repeat tester | 167 (66.3%) | 111 (62.4%) | 88 (56.1%) | 84 (62.2%) | 176 (53.8%) | 626 (59.7%) | |
| HIV status | < 0.01 | ||||||
| Negative | 233 (92.8%) | 172 (97.2%) | 157 (100.0%) | 134 (99.0% | 327 (100%) | 1023 (97.7%) | |
| New positive today | 4 (1.5%) | 3 (1.7%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1.0%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (0.6%) | |
| Known positive | 15 (6.0%) | 3 (1.7%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (1.7%) | |
| Proportion of referrals from the total coupons issued | Seeds, no referrals | 178/1039 | 157/740 | 135/661 | 327/(1527) | 797/3967 | < 0.01 |
| (17.1%) | (21.2%) | (20.4%) | (21.4%) | (20.1%) | |||