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Table 4 Factors associated with successful tracing of participants lost to follow-up from public health facilities, Sheema District, Southwestern Uganda, 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

Variable

Successfully traced

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Yes (n = 641), n (%)

No (n = 99), n (%)

cPR (95% CI)

P value

aPR (95% CI)

P value

Age in years

 < 18 years

18 (2.8)

1 (1.0)

1.12 (0.95–1.37)

0.160

1.14 (0.94–1.39)

0.173

 18–30 years

355 (55)

69 (70)

Ref

 

Ref

 

 > 30 years

268 (42)

29 (29)

1.08 (0.95–1.22)

0.226

1.08 (0.95–1.24)

0.253

Sex

 Female

442 (69)

72 (73)

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Male

199 (31)

27 (27)

1.03 (0.95–1.12)

0.510

1.00 (0.91–1.11)

0.970

Received formal education

 No

80 (12)

12 (12)

Ref

   

 Yes

561 (88)

87 (88)

0.99 (0.87–1.13)

0.868

  

Marital status

 Single

170 (27)

29 (30)

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Married

282 (57)

39 (58)

0.97 (0.86–1.10)

0.674

0.98 (0.87–1.11)

0.771

 Divorced/separated

91 (14)

12 (12)

0.97(0.96–1.02)

0.199

0.98 (0.93–1.04)

0.494

 Widowed

27 (4.2)

1 (1.0)

1.10 (1.03–1.16)

0.003

1.08 (0.98–1.12)

0.056

Duration in care before LTFU

 < 1 year

257 (40)

38 (38)

Ref

 

Ref

 

 1–5 years

313 (49)

53 (54)

1.02 (0.97–1.08)

0.380

1.04 (0.96–1.14)

0.348

 > 5 years

71 (11)

8 (8.1)

1.05 (1.01–1.10)

0.026

1.03 (0.94–1.11)

0.366

HIV clinical stage before LTFU

 Stage 1–2

613 (96)

93 (94)

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Stage 3–4

28 (4.4)

6 (6.1)

1.07 (0.92–1.24)

0.379

1.09 (0.97–1.23)

0.138

Viral load

 Suppressed or undetectable

542 (85)

90 (91)

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Unsuppressed

99 (15)

9 (9.1)

1.07 (0.98–1.16)

0.123

1.09 (0.98–1.21)

0.115

Patient phone number available

 No

452 (71)

83 (84)

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Yes

189 (29)

16 (16)

1.09 (1.02–1.16)

0.011

1.10 (1.01–1.90)

0.026

Patient physical address available

 No

295 (46)

36 (36)

Ref

   

 Yes

346 (44)

63 (64)

0.95 (0.85–1.06)

0.357

  

Next of kin phone number available

 No

526 (82)

86 (87)

Ref

   

 Yes

115 (18)

13 (13)

1.06 (0.92–1.22)

0.425

  
  1. cPR, crude prevalence ratio; aPR, adjusted prevalence ratio; Ref, reference category
  2. LTFU, loss to follow-up; CI, confidence interval