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Table 4 Distribution of HIV-exposed infants with follow-up by age at registration and number of follow-up visits

From: Integrated maternal and child health services in Mozambique: structural health system limitations overshadow its effect on follow-up of HIV-exposed infants

 

Control

Intervention

p value pre-post difference (control clinics)

p value control-intervention difference

Jul-Dec 2009

Jan-Jul 2010

Jul-Dec 2009

Jan-Jul 2010

N=105

N=87

N=81

N=103

Age at start of follow-up visits

Unknown

6.7%

12.6%

0.0%

0.0%

NA

NA

0-3 months

50.5%

72.4%

50.6%

75.7%

<0.001

0.394

4-6 months

18.1%

4.6%

18.5%

13.6%

0.013

0.288

7-18 months

24.8%

10.3%

30.9%

10.7%

<0.001

0.741

Number of follow-up visits

First visit

40.0%

19.5%

30.1%

33.9%

<0.001

0.011

Second visit

29.5%

21.9%

31.6%

22.4%

0.004

0.694

Third visit

13.7%

17.4%

16.9%

14.1%

0.655

0.557

Fourth visit

6.8%

13.2%

11.0%

8.6%

0.179

0.296

Fifth or sixth visit

5.3%

18.1%

8.1%

10.9%

<0.001

0.037

Seventh or more visit

4.7%

9.8%

2.2%

10.2%

<0.001

0.726

Age at serologic HIV test

7-9 months

20.0%

48.6%

22.9%

25.0%

0.028

0.092

10-12 months

60.0%

35.1%

40.0%

50.0%

0.423

0.940

>=13 months

20.0%

16.2%

37.1%

25.0%

0.149

0.059