Table 3.
Proportion of patients lost to follow-up at 18 months, % (95% CI) (n/N) | ||||
Early enrollers | Established enrollers | Unadjusted risk ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted risk ratio* (95% CI) | |
All patients | 3.0 (2.6 to 3.5) (192/6340) |
4.5 (4.3 to 4.8) (1169/25 857) |
0.67 (0.57 to 0.78) | 0.59 (0.50 to 0.68) |
Stratification: DSD model | ||||
Adherence groups | 2.7 (1.0 to 6.7) (4/149) |
3.1 (1.9 to 5.1) (16/508) |
0.85 (0.25 to 2.29) | 0.79 (0.23 to 2.12) |
Community pick-up points | 4.5 (3.1 to 6.3) (30/671) |
3.3 (2.5 to 4.3) (48/1461) |
1.36 (0.86 to 2.12) | 1.30 (0.81 to 2.03) |
Extended clinic hours | 10.6 (5.7 to 18.9) (9/85) |
8.2 (4.2 to 15.4) (8/97) |
1.28 (0.51 to 3.27) | 1.19 (0.43 to 3.34) |
Fast-track | 3.4 (2.4 to 4.7) (33/979) |
3.6 (3.2 to 4.1) (227/6266) |
0.93 (0.64 to 1.31) | 0.74 (0.50 to 1.05) |
Home ART delivery | 1.4 (0.6 to 3.3) (5/355) |
6.3 (4.9 to 8) (61/973) |
0.22 (0.08 to 0.50) | 0.18 (0.06 to 0.41) |
Multimonth dispensing | 2.7 (2.3 to 3.2) (111/4101) |
4.9 (4.6 to 5.2) (809/16 552) |
0.55 (0.45 to 0.67) | 0.51 (0.41 to 0.61) |
Stratification: ART dispensing duration | ||||
<2 months | 4.1 (2.8 to 5.9) (26/636) |
10.6 (9.1 to 12.2) (156/1476) |
0.39 (0.25 to 0.57) | 0.40 (0.26 to 0.59) |
3 months | 3.5 (2.8 to 4.4) (77/2197) |
5.3 (4.8 to 5.9) (303/5688) |
0.66 (0.51 to 0.84) | 0.64 (0.49 to 0.81) |
4–6 months | 2.5 (2.1 to 3.1) (89/3507) |
3.8 (3.5 to 4.1) (709/18 679) |
0.67 (0.54 to 0.83) | 0.67 (0.53 to 0.82) |
*Model adjusted for age, sex, location, ART dispensing duration and DSD model type.
ART, antiretroviral therapy; DSD, differentiated service delivery.