Table 3.
Characteristics of participants who arrived on time (+/- seven days) vs. not on time (> seven days) to clinical visits pre and post mobile money transfer (MMT) initiation for lymphoma patients in Malawi
| On-time visits (+/- seven days) | Not on-time visits (> seven days) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-MMT | Post-MMT | p-value | Pre-MMT | Post-MMT | p-value | |
| Number of patient visits | 1433 | 1000 | 189 | 122 | ||
| Average treatment delay in days, mean (SD) | 0.83 (1.33) | 0.95 (1.59) | 0.05 | 62.1 (143) | 48.6 (98) | 0.36 |
| Average treatment delay in days, median (IQR) | 1.0 (0–1.0) | 1.0 (0–1.0) | 0.88 | 15.0 (9.0–39.0) | 15.0 (10.0–30.0) | 0.67 |
| Male sex, n (%) | 898 (63) | 557 (56) | 0.001 | 107 (57) | 71 (58) | 0.92 |
| Age in years, median (IQR) | 40 (27–53) | 40 (29–49) | 0.48 | 38 (27–51) | 40 (30–46) | 0.90 |
| Resides outside of Lilongwe, n (%) | 891 (62) | 666 (67) | 0.008 | 126 (67) | 79 (65) | 0.90 |
| HIV-positive, n (%) | 713 (50) | 459 (46) | 0.09 | 93 (49) | 71 (58) | 0.13 |