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Table 2 Follow-up visits according to treatment arm

From: Feasibility and efficacy of text messaging to promote care among trauma patients screened for HIV at an urban emergency department in Tanzania

 

Number

Total follow up services in all study patients, N (%)

P value

 Intervention group

127

77(60.6%)

< 0.0001

 Control group

128

23(17.9%)

 *RR 3.4 (CI 2.3–5.0), NNT 2.3 (95% CI 3.1–1.9)

 

N

Repeated HIV screening in HIV negatives, N (%)

P value

 Intervention group

122

72 (59.0%)

< 0.0001

 Control group

124

20(16.1%)

 *RR 3.7 (CI 2.4–5.6), NNT 2.3 (95% CI 3.1–1.9)

 

N

Follow up visit to CTC in HIV positives, N (%)

Fisher exact probability

 Intervention group

5

5 (100%)

N/A

 Control group

4

3 (75%)