Table 4 Impact of actual notification strategies on treatment uptake and time to treatment

Phone calls

First four communities n = 1168

Last two communities n = 481

p-value

HPV Positive, n (%)

195 (16.7)

84 (17.5)

0.705

Completed treatment n (%)

83 (42.6)

40 (47.6)

0.435

Time duration, median days, (Q1, Q3)

Screening to Notification (n = 1649)

30 (21, 55)

35 (14, 62)

0.087

Notification to Treatment (n = 123)

9 (4, 34)

3 (2, 14.5)

0.002

Screening to Treatment (n = 123)

34 (27, 67)

29 (13.5, 59)

0.068

Text messaging

First four communities with standard text n = 567

Last two communities with enhanced text n = 262

p-value

HPV Positive, n (%)

90 (15.9)

40 (15.3)

0.824

Completed treatment n (%)

48 (53.3)

22 (55.0)

0.860

Time duration, median days, (Q1, Q3)

Screening to Notification (n = 829)

18 (13, 21)

12 (10, 50)

0.015

Notification to Treatment (n = 70)

25 (9, 71)

24.5 (10, 55)

0.894

Screening to Treatment (n = 70)

52 (22, 96)

61.5 (25, 77)

0.690

Home visits

First four communities n = 632

Last two communities n = 192

p-value

HPV Positive, n (%)

118 (18.7)

28 (14.6)

0.194

Completed treatment, n (%)

51 (43.2)

13 (46.4)

0.758

Time duration, median days, (Q1, Q3)

Screening to Notification (n = 824)

20 (15, 30)

17 (12, 46)

0.491

Notification to Treatment (n = 64)

11 (6, 26)

6 (3, 14)

0.063

Screening to Treatment (n = 64)

34 (26, 67)

58 (17, 63)

0.683