Expansion of antiretroviral treatment to rural health centre level by a mobile service in Mumbwa district, Zambia
Christopher Dube, Ikuma Nozaki, Tadao Hayakawa, Kazuhiro Kakimoto, Norio Yamada & James B Simpungwe
Volume 88, Number 10, October 2010, 788-791
Table 1. Characteristics of clients at commencement of antiretroviral treatment and their outcomes at the first 6 months in the Mumbwa District Hospital and rural health centres, Zambia
| Characteristic | District hospital (n = 458) |
Rural health centres (n = 232) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| At commencement | |||||
| Age (years) | |||||
| 18–38 | 277 | 60.3 | 129 | 55.6 | |
| 39 or more | 182 | 39.7 | 103 | 44.4 | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 190 | 41.4 | 84 | 36.2 | |
| Female | 269 | 58.6 | 148 | 63.8 | |
| Clinical staging | |||||
| I or II | 66 | 14.6 | 42 | 22.7 | |
| III or IV | 386 | 85.4 | 143 | 77.3 | |
| Functional status | |||||
| Working | 183 | 39.9 | 143 | 62.2 | |
| Ambulant or bed-ridden | 276 | 60.2 | 87 | 37.9 | |
| Regimen | |||||
| NEV+3TC+d4t/AZT | 377 | 82.1 | 149 | 64.2 | |
| EFV+3TC+d4t/AZT | 82 | 17.9 | 83 | 35.8 | |
| Other | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| CD4 cell count | |||||
| Counted | 370 | 80.8 | 214 | 92.2 | |
| Not counted | 88 | 19.2 | 18 | 7.8 | |
| At 6 months | |||||
| Retained at original site | 319 | 69.5 | 176 | 75.9 | |
| Dead | 29 | 6.3 | 32 | 13.8 | |
| Lost to follow-up | 99 | 21.6 | 24 | 10.3 | |
| Transfer out | 12 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Functional Status | |||||
| Working | 279 | 86.6 | 148 | 96.1 | |
| Ambulant or bed-ridden | 43 | 13.4 | 6 | 3.9 | |
| CD4 cell count | |||||
| Counted | 71 | 22.3 | 64 | 36.4 | |
| Not counted | 248 | 77.7 | 112 | 63.6 | |
CD4, CD4+ lymphocyte; NEV, Nevirapine; EFV, Efavirenz; 3TC, Lamivudine; d4t, Stavudine; AZT, Zidovudine