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. 2020 Jun 11;10(6):e034738. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034738

Table 3.

Quality of data and case management

Variables Health facility type OTC facilities
Overall OTC ITC P value Non-refugee
N=533
Refugee
N=376
P value
N=1467 N=909 N=558
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Data quality
 Data completeness
  Yes 632 (43.1) 362 (39.8) 270 (48.4) 0.044 210 (39.4) 152 (40.4) 0.756
  No 835 (56.9) 547 (60.2) 288 (51.6) 323 (60.6) 224 (59.6)
 Internal consistency
  Yes 918 (62.6) 471 (51.8) 447 (80.1) 0.001 267 (50.0) 204 (54.3) 0.421
  No 359 (24.5) 268 (29.5) 91 (16.3) 165 (31.0) 103 (27.4)
  Not classifiable* 190 (13.0) 170 (18.7) 20 (3.6) 101 (19.0) 69 (18.3)
Quality of case management
 Correct diagnosis†
  Yes 1212 (82.6) 723 (79.5) 489 (87.6) 0.223 430 (80.7) 293 (78.0) 0.139
  No 193 (13.2) 159 (17.5) 34 (6.1) 84 (15.8) 75 (20.0)
  Missing 62 (4.2) 27 (3.0) 35 (6.3) 19 (3.6) 8 (2.0)
 Correct treatment
  Yes 1004 (68.4) 605 (66.6) 399 (71.5) 0.393 334 (62.7) 271 (72.1) 0.012
  No 250 (17.0) 213 (23.4) 37 (6.6) 140 (26.3) 73 (19.4)
  Missing 212 (14.5) 91 (10.0) 122 (21.9) 59 (11.0) 32 (8.5)
 Evaluation of HIV status
  Yes 1181 (80.5) 722 (79.4) 459 (82.3) 0.663 461 (86.5) 261 (69.4) <0.001
  No 56 (3.8) 56 (6.2) 0 8 (1.5) 48 (12.8)
  Missing 230 (15.7) 131 (14.4) 99 (17.7) 64 (12.0) 67 (17.8)
 Caregiver counselling
  Yes 1130 (77.0) 807 (88.8) 323 (57.9) 0.001 446 (83.7) 361 (96.0) <0.001
  No 15 (1.0) 15 (1.7) 0 15 (2.8) 0
  Missing 322 (21.9) 87 (9.6) 235 (42.1) 72 (13.5) 15 (4.0)
 Correct assignment of exit outcome
  Yes 1035 (70.6) 725 (79.8) 310 (55.5) <0.001 413 (77.5) 312 (83.0) 0.001
  No 307 (20.9) 113 (12.4) 194 (34.8) 58 (10.9) 55 (14.6) 0.001
  Missing 125 (8.5) 71 (7.8) 54 (9.7) 62 (11.6) 9 (2.4)

*Cases of children presenting only with one visit could not be assessed for consistency.

†At enrolment.

ITC, inpatient therapeutic centres; OTC, outpatient therapeutic centres.