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. 2021 Feb 4;8(3):e158–e165. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(20)30359-3

Table 2.

Poisson segmented regression models of the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on HIV services at 65 clinics in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Incidence rate ratio at lockdown Incidence rate ratio at study end Pre-lockdown trend* Post-lockdown trend*
HIV testing
Overall 0·524 (0·446–0·615) 0·827 (0·704–0·972) 1·015 (1·009–1·022) 1·183 (1·113–1·256)
Gender
Women 0·563 (0·480–0·661) 0·865 (0·741–1·010) 1·013 (1·007–1·019) 1·169 (1·100–1·247)
Men 0·456 (0·387–0·537) 0·761 (0·638–0·907) 1·020 (1·013–1·028) 1·210 (1·147–1·277)
District
Urban 0·515 (0·436–0·610) 0·827 (0·700–0·978) 1·016 (1·010–1·023) 1·190 (1·115–1·270)
Rural 0·823 (0·681–0·994) 0·785 (0·639–0·965) 0·996 (0·985–1·006) 0·980 (0·922–1·042)
ART initiation
Overall 0·538 (0·459–0·630) 0·753 (0·637–0·890) 0·996 (0·991–1·004) 1·156 (1·085–1·230)
Gender
Women 0·495 (0·417–0·588) 0·801 (0·651–0·985) 0·996 (0·987–1·004) 1·225 (1·118–1·341)
Men 0·616 (0·513–0·740) 0·675 (0·571–0·797) 1·000 (0·996–1·009) 1·040 (0·957–1·132)
Age, years
0–14 0·370 (0·153–0·896) 0·544 (0·270–1·096) 0·996 (0·987–1·004) 1·175 (0·640–2·164)
15–24 0·400 (0·334–0·479) 0·772 (0·640–0·932) 1·022 (1·013–1·031) 1·363 (1·256–1·476)
25–49 0·577 (0·492–0·676) 0·739 (0·624–0·876) 0·991 (0·987–1·000) 1·108 (1·040–1·180)
≥50 0·481 (0·399–0·579) 0·796 (0·664–0·953) 0·991 (0·983–1·000) 1·230 (1·161–1·335)
District
Urban 0·536 (0·458–0·628) 0·750 (0·631–0·892) 0·996 (0·991–1·004) 1·156 (1·080–1·230)
Rural 0·588 (0·365–0·947) 0·863 (0·625–1·191) 0·987 (0·983–0·996) 1·166 (0·869–1·560)
ART collection visits
Overall 0·932 (0·794–1·093) 0·859 (0·747–0·989) 1·009 (1·000–1·013) 0·974 (0·900–1·053)
Gender
Women 0·916 (0·780–1·075) 0·865 (0·753–0·994) 1·009 (1·000–1·013) 0·983 (0·908–1·062)
Men 0·965 (0·823–1·131) 0·847 (0·733–0·978) 1·009 (1·004–1·013) 0·953 (0·880–1·031)
Age, years
0–14 0·908 (0·790–1·043) 0·780 (0·703–0·866) 1·013 (1·009–1·017) 0·949 (0·888–1·017)
15–24 0·875 (0·766–1·001) 0·851 (0·753–0·960) 1·026 (1·017–1·031) 1·013 (0·957–1·071)
25–49 0·933 (0·796–1·094) 0·865 (0·751–0·995) 1·009 (1·000–1·013) 0·974 (0·900–1·053)
≥50 0·946 (0·787–1·137) 0·836 (0·710–0·984) 1·004 (1·000–1·009) 0·949 (0·861–1·049)
District
Urban 0·926 (0·786–1·090) 0·850 (0·736–0·982) 1·009 (1·004–1·013) 0·970 (0·896–1·053)
Rural 1·065 (0·969–1·171) 1·080 (0·985–1·185) 0·996 (0·991–1·000) 1·000 (0·957–1·044)
Missed ART collection visits
Overall 1·926 (1·585–2·341) 0·682 (0·455–1·021) 1·000 (0·996–1·004) 0·569 (0·432–0·747)
Gender
Women 2·045 (1·686–2·481) 0·691 (0·454–1·052) 0·996 (0·991–1·000) 0·555 (0·419–0·734)
Men 1·710 (1·399–2·090) 0·664 (0·457–0·965) 1·000 (0·996–1·004) 0·601 (0·463–0·779)
Age, years
0–14 1·568 (1·325–1·856) 0·555 (0·429–0·717) 1·004 (1·000–1·009) 0·572 (0·472–0·690)
15–24 1·682 (1·413–2·001) 0·554 (0·374–0·820) 1·022 (1·017–1·026) 0·561 (0·430–0·727)
25–49 1·947 (1·594–2·378) 0·685 (0·451–1·042) 1·000 (0·996–1·000) 0·566 (0·428–0·751)
≥50 2·030 (1·665–2·474) 0·782 (0·552–1·109) 0·987 (0·983–0·991) 0·589 (0·463–0·751)
District
Urban 1·991 (1·621–2·446) 0·677 (0·433–1·057) 1·000 (0·996–1·004) 0·555 (0·412–0·751)
Rural 1·274 (1·111–1·460) 0·745 (0·636–0·872) 1·004 (0·996–1·009) 0·751 (0·674–0·834)

Data are incidence rate ratio (95% CI) or trend (95% CI). ART=antiretroviral therapy.

*

Slope change per month

Autocorrelation addressed using Newey–West standard errors to calculate CI, with lag up to 2.

Autocorrelation addressed using Newey–West standard errors to calculate CI, with lag up to 3.