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Table 4 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants who exited the trail before the final time point

From: A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a nurse-led palliative care intervention for HIV positive patients on antiretroviral therapy: recruitment, refusal, randomisation and missing data

Missing patients number

1

2

3

4

5

6

Whole sample (n = 120)

Reason for exit

Deceased

Deceased

Deceased

Withdrew

Withdrew

Withdrew

 

Number of data points

1

3

2

3

2

3

5

Gender

f

f

f

m

f

m

80% female

Time since diagnosis (years)

5

<1

<1

<1

<1

<1

Median 3.5 (IQR 1.3–5.2)

Time on ART (years)

5

<1

<1

<1

<1

<1

Median 2.5 (IQR 1.8–4.2)

Poverty quintile (1 = higher, 5 = lower wealth)

5

3

1

1

4

4

n/a

Receipt of TB treatment

no

no

no

no

no

no

8% yes

CD4 at baseline

358

524

403

473

492

322

Median 358 (IQR 223–506)

Mental health summary score (MHSS) at baseline (MOS-HIV) (1–100 range)

12.95

36.79

56.80

20.72

48.85

44.78

Median 44.8 (IQR 36.97–53.78)

Physical health summary score (PHSS) at baseline (MOS-HIV) (1–100 range)

15.38

15.94

47.20

26.49

59.60

58.92

Median 45.57 (IQR 33.51–53.15)

GHQ-12 score at baseline (Chronic scoring method, 0–12; 12 worst)

11

12

0

8

3

8

Median 6 IQR (3–9)