Healthcare worker experiences with Option B+ for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in eSwatini: findings from a two-year follow-up study

Table 2 Healthcare worker responses to assessment of Option B+

	2 months post-transition (N = 50)	2 years post-transition (N = 50)
Overall, do you think Option B+ is easy or hard for HCWs?
Easy	n/a^a	40 (80%)
Hard	n/a^a	10 (20%)
Do you think following up with patients who initiated ART under Option B+ is easy or hard for healthcare workers?
Easy	n/a^a	29 (58%)
Hard	n/a^a	21 (42%)
Do you think documentation of patient care under Option B+ is easy or hard for healthcare workers?
Easy	n/a^a	28 (56%)
Hard		21 (42%)
No Answer		1 (2%)
In your opinion is it easy or hard to counsel patients about Option B +?
Easy	25 (50%)	29 (58%)
Hard	24 (48%)	21 (42%)
No Answer	1 (2%)
Do you think you have more work or less work now (since implementation of Option B+)?
More Work	31 (62%)	34 (68%)
Less Work	9 (18%)	8 (16%)
Same Amount	8 (16%)	8 (16%)
Do you find that women commonly refuse to start ART the same day they are diagnosed with HIV?
Yes	16 (32%)	7 (14%)
No	33 (66%)	43 (86%)
No Answer	1 (2%)

^aQuestion was an addition to two year survey and not directly assessed at two months post-transition

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