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Table 1 Chart audit results before and after the chart intervention

From: A packaged intervention to improve viral load monitoring within a deeply rural health district of South Africa

Characteristics

Mkuze (n = 37)

Jozini (n = 60)

Bethesda CDC (n = 12)

Pre-Intervention

Post-Intervention

Pre-Intervention

Post-Intervention

Pre-Intervention

Post-Intervention

Median Age, years (SD)

34 (8·3)

36 (12·5)

44 (14·6)

Female (%)

23 (62·2)

32 (53·3)

8 (66·7)

Face Sheet (%)

29 (78·4)

36 (97·3)b

16 (26·7)

58 (96·7)c

12 (100·0)

12 (100·0)

Flow Sheetd (%)

34 (91·9)

37 (100·0)a

15 (25·0)

58 (96·7)c

12 (100·0)

11 (91·7)

Viral Load Test Requested (%)

12 (32·4)

28 (75·7)c

5 (8·3)

16 (26·7)b

10 (83·3)

10 (83·3)

Viral Load Results Recorded (%)

11 (29·7)

20 (54·1)b

4 (6·7)

39 (65·0)c

9 (75·0)

9 (75·0)

  1. a p value < 0·05
  2. bp value < 0·01
  3. c p value < 0·0001
  4. dAll Flow Sheets reviewed during the post-chart intervention audit contained the revised Flow Sheet template