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Table 1 Characteristics of participants who were lost to follow-up, successfully traced, and self-transferred from public health facilities, Sheema District, 2017–2021

From: Self-transfers and factors associated with successful tracing among persons lost to follow-up from HIV care, Sheema District, Southwestern Uganda: retrospective medical records review, 2017–2021

Characteristic

Total Lost to follow-up (N = 740)

Self-transferred (n = 560)

Successfully traced (n = 641)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Agea in years

 < 18 years

19

(3)

16

(3)

18

(3)

 18–30 years

424

(57)

342

(61)

355

(55)

 > 30 years

297

(40)

202

(36)

268

(42)

Sex

 Female

510

(69)

415

(74)

442

(69)

 Male

230

(31)

145

(26)

199

(31)

Marital status

 Single

199

(27)

153

(27)

170

(27)

 Married

410

(55)

321

(57)

353

(55)

 Divorced/separated

103

(14)

70

(13)

91

(14)

 Widowed

28

(4)

16

(3)

27

(4)

Received formal education

 No

92

(12)

68

(12)

80

(12)

 Yes

648

(88)

492

(88)

561

(88)

Duration in care before LTFU

 < 1 year

295

(40)

229

(41)

257

(40)

 1–5 years

366

(49)

283

(50)

313

(49)

 > 5 years

79

(11)

48

(9)

71

(11)

HIV clinical stage before LTFUb

 One

675

(91)

532

(95)

586

(91)

 Two

31

(4)

18

(3)

27

(4)

 Three

28

(4)

9

(2)

23

(4)

 Four

6

(1)

1

(0)

5

(1)

Viral load before LTFU

 Suppressed or undetectable

632

(85)

478

(85)

542

(85)

 Unsuppressed

108

(15)

82

(15)

99

(15)

Client phone number available

 No

535

(72)

384

(69)

452

(71)

 Yes

205

(28)

176

(31)

189

(29)

Client physical address available

 No

331

(45)

266

(47)

295

(46)

 Yes

409

(55)

294

(53)

436

(54)

Next of kin phone number available

 No

612

(83)

467

(83)

526

(82)

 Yes

128

(17)

93

(17)

115

(18)

  1. LTFU, loss to follow-up
  2. aMean age = 30 (SD ± 10) years, median age = 28 (IQR = 23–35) years
  3. bMedian duration = 1 year (IQR: 3 months–3 years)