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Table 3 ART adherence at 3- and 6-month post-intervention

From: Effect of mobile text messages on antiretroviral medication adherence and patient retention in early HIV care: an open-label, randomized, single center study in south Florida

Adherence

Intent-to-treat

Per protocol

SMS group

Control group

OR (95% CI)

p value

SMS group

Control group

OR (95% CI)

p value

3 months

 VAS ≥ 90, n (%)

38 (84.4)

38 (77.6)

1.6 (0.6–4.1)

0.396

38 (86.4)

38 (88.4)

0.9 (0.8–1.2)

0.778

6 months

 VAS ≥ 90, n (%)

38 (84.4)

36 (73.5)

1.9 (0.7–5.0)

0.194

39 (88.6)

36 (92.3)

0.9 (0.8–1.1)

0.572

  1. SD standard deviation, ART antiretroviral therapy, SMS short message service, VAS visual analogue scale, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval