The Comparison of Teen Clubs vs. Standard Care on Treatment Outcomes for Adolescents on Antiretroviral Therapy in Windhoek, Namibia

Table 3

Virologic suppression by demographic and clinical characteristics.

Characteristics	6 months			value	12 months			value	18 months			value
	Fully suppressed	Suppressed	Unsuppressed		Fully suppressed	Suppressed	Unsuppressed		Fully suppressed	Suppressed	Unsuppressed
Model of care
Teen club	51 (69%)	11 (15%)	12 (16%)	0.298	50 (69%)	9 (12%)	13 (18%)	0.438	44 (63%)	12 (17%)	14 (20%)	0.113
Standard care	195 (69%)	57 (20%)	30 (11%)		192 (68%)	50 (18%)	39 (14%)		175 (68%)	56 (22%)	28 (11%)
Age group
10–14 years	134 (72%)	38 (21%)	13 (7%)	0.015	135 (73%)	31 (17%)	18 (10%)	0.021	122 (71%)	33 (19%)	16 (9%)	0.091
15–19 years	112 (65%)	30 (18%)	29 (17%)		107 (63%)	28 (17%)	34 (20%)		97 (61%)	35 (22%)	26 (16%)
Sex
Male	126 (68%)	38 (20%)	22 (12%)	0.793	130 (69%)	35 (19%)	24 (13%)	0.38	113 (64%)	38 (22%)	25 (14%)	0.581
Female	120 (71%)	30 (18%)	20 (12%)		112 (68%)	24 (15%)	28 (17%)		106 (69%)	30 (20%)	17 (11%)
Disclosure
Disclosed	233 (70%)	63 (19%)	39 (12%)	0.614	230 (69%)	57 (17%)	47 (14%)	0.122	207 (66%)	67 (21%)	39 (12%)	0.325
Not disclosed	11 (69%)	2 (12%)	3 (19%)		10 (62%)	1 (6%)	5 (31%)		11 (73%)	1 (7%)	3 (20%)
ART regimen
First-line	192 (74%)	43 (17%)	23 (9%)	0.012	189 (74%)	36 (14%)	32 (12%)	0.004	168 (71%)	47 (20%)	22 (9%)	0.005
Second-line	54 (55%)	25 (26%)	19 (19%)		53 (55%)	23 (24%)	20 (21%)		51 (55%)	21 (23%)	20 (22%)

indicates statistical significance at 5% level.