Prevalence, motivation, and outcomes of clinic transfer in a clinical cohort of people living with HIV in North West Province, South Africa

Table 4 HIV care and treatment outcomes of individuals changing vs. not changing HIV care facility in 2 years following diagnosis (N=675)

	No change (N=574)	Change (N=101)
	N (%) or Median (IQR)		Non-parametric comparison p value^b	Adjusted model^c
Self-reported measures
Ever on ART	496 (86.4%)	99 (98.0%)	<0.001	AOR = 7.73 (1.97, 30.35)
Clinic visits past 12 months (ever ART, N=595)^a	7 (6, 12)	7 (6, 11)	0.362	β = -0.47 (-1.20, 0.26)
>95% ART adherence in past 30 days	446 (93.7%)	88 (93.6%)	1.000	AOR = 0.98 (0.38, 2.52)
Study clinic documentation
Ever on ART	505 (88.0%)	80 (79.2%)	0.025	AOR = 0.46 (0.22, 0.93)
Clinic visits past 12 months (ever ART, N=585)^a	7 (5, 9)	4 (2, 6)	<0.001	β = -2.72 (-3.62, -1.82)
Retained in care (ever ART)	307 (60.8%)	9 (11.2%)	<0.001	AOR = 0.09 (0.03, 0.23)

^apast 6 months if no 12-month survey
^bKruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables, Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables
^cControlling for age categories, gender and pregnancy at diagnosis, South African residency, and I-Care trial arm

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