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Table 5 Proportion of AHD patients with TB retained in care (12-Months) before and after the introduction of the WHO package of care for AHD stratified by age, sex and location of district, n = 78

From: Implementation of WHO guidelines on management of advanced HIV disease and its impact among TB co-infected patients in Tanzania: a retrospective follow-up study

Retention in care

Overall (July 2013-Sept 2018)

Before guideline for AHD guideline (Jan 2013-June 2017)

During guideline for AHD guideline (July 2017-Sept 2018)

P-value

Sex

Males, n = 47

  Retained

31 (66.0)

19 (79.2)

12 (52.2)

0.051

  Not Retained

16 (34.0)

5 (20.9)

11 (47.8)

Females, n = 29

 Retained

21 (72.4)

12 (92.3)

9 (56.3)

0.044*

 Not Retained

8 (27.6)

1 (7.7)

7 (43.8)

Age b

15–54, n = 67

  Retained

46 (68.7)

28 (82.4)

18 (54.6)

0.014

  Not Retained

21 (31.3)

6 (17.7)

15 (45.5)

55 + , n = 8

 Retained

4 (50.0)

3 (75.0)

1 (25.0)

0.486*

 Not Retained

4 (50.0)

1 (25.0)

3 (75.0)

Location of a district

Rural, n = 21

  Retained

11 (52.4)

7 (77.8)

4 (33.3)

0.08*

  Not Retained

10 (47.6)

2 (22.2)

8 (66.7)

Urban, n = 57

 Retained

42 (73.7)

25 (83.3)

17 (63.0)

0.131*

 Not Retained

15 (26.3)

5 (16.7)

10 (37.0)

  1. b there were 3 patients aged below 15 years, 1 in before introduction of the guideline era and 2 after introduction of the guideline, all of them retained in care