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Table 3 Factors associated with successful tracing of LTFU adult HIV-positive patients

From: Outcomes and factors affecting mortality and successful tracing among patients lost to follow-up from antiretroviral therapy in Pawi Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

VariableTracing N (%)Crude OR (95% CI)Adjusted OR (95% CI)p value
Not tracedTraced
Age
 18–28 years27 (33.3)92 (37)11 
 29–40 years35 (43.2)101 (41)0.84 (0.47,1.51)0.88 (0.49–1.60)0.674
 > 40 years19 (23.5)56 (22)0.86 (0.44,1.70)0.93 (0.46–1.87)0.842
CPT
 Not received28 (34.6)91 (37)1.09 (0.64,1.84)0.89 (0.51–1.56)0.679
 Received53 (65.4)158 (63)11 
Tracing methods
 Phone15 (18.5)95 (38)2.71 (1.47,5.03)2.97 (1.58–5.59)0.001*
 Field/home visit66 (81.5)154 (62)11 
Clinical stage
 I/II24 (29.6)80 (32)11 
 III33 (40.7)107 (43)0.97 (0.53,1.77)1.09 (0.59–2.02)0.793
 IV24 (29.6)62 (25)0.78 (0.40,5.26)0.72 (0.36–1.45)0.364
Follow-up time
 < 12 months62 (76.5)160 (64)11 
 > 12 months19 (23.5)89 (36)1.82 (1.02,3.23)2.13 (1.17–3.88)0.013*
  1. *p value for statistically significant variable