Factors associated with time to linkage to care in a TasP or a DoH clinic (N = 2 837).
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Cox analysis. ANRS 12249 TasP trial. 2012–2016.LTFU: Lost-to-follow-up; TR: HR: Hazard Ratio; aHZ: adjusted Hazard Ratio; 95%CI: 95% Confidence Interval.Total analysis time at risk was 1,061,517 days; 938,347 days counting for no re-referral during the follow-up, 77,734 days accounting for a first re-referral through phone calls, 32,720 days accounting for a first re-referral through home visits, 12,716 days counting for re-referrals through both phone calls and home visits.Other factors associated with linkage-to-care in the multivariable analysis were HIV care status at referral (with those previously in care but lost to follow-up less than 24 months were more likely to return to care than those lost longer or those never in care, or newly diagnosed, p<0.01), educational level (people who completed at least secondary school were less likely to enter care compared to those with lower educational level, p = 0.01), knowledge of a family member being HIV+ (people who did not know another family member living with HIV were less likely to enter care, p<0,01), wealth index (those with higher wealth index less likely to enter care, p = 0,03) and trial round at referral (individuals identified HIV-positive at the first home-based survey round since inclusion of their cluster in the trial were more likely to enter care than those who were identified in later rounds, p<0.01). The effect of the linkage-to-care intervention on time to linkage-to-care was not different according to the sociodemographic and trial characteristics (no interaction was found).