Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients seen during the pre-mobile money transfer (MMT) period compared to those contacted during the MMT initiative. Patients were considered reached if they had an active phone number, received the text message we sent and responded
| Pre-MMT | Post-MMT initiation | Pre vs. post | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Reached | Not reached | p-value | |
| Variable | n = 213 | n = 120 | n = 69 | |
| Male sex, n (%) | 129 (61) | 75 (63) | 44 (64) | 0.71 |
| Age in years, median (IQR) | 41 (30–54) | 41 (30–50) | 41 (32–52) | 0.33 |
| Resides outside of Lilongwe, n (%) | 133 (62)* | 79 (66) | 38 (55) | 1.00 |
| HIV-positive, n (%) | 115 (54)** | 62 (52) | 40 (58) | 0.96 |
| Diagnosis, n (%) | 0.98 | |||
| Diffuse large B-cell | 88 (41) | 49 (41) | 29 (42) | |
| Hodgkin | 19 (9) | 15 (13) | 9 (13) | |
| Low grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 20 (9) | 15 (13) | 4 (6) | |
| Multicentric Castleman disease | 18 (8) | 11 (9) | 5 (7) | |
| Burkitt lymphoma | 18 (8) | 9 (7) | 7 (10) | |
| Plasmablastic | 14 (7) | 5 (4) | 7 (10) | |
| Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | 9 (4) | 5 (3) | 2 (3) | |
| Other lymphoma | 27 (13) | 11 (9) | 3 (4) | |
*Missing 7.
**Missing 1.