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Table 2 Procedures for intervention and control

From: Reducing provider workload while preserving patient safety via a two-way texting intervention in Zimbabwe’s voluntary medical male circumcision program: study protocol for an un-blinded, prospective, non-inferiority, randomized controlled trial

 

Routine (Control)

Intervention (2wT)

Day-0 routine VMMC registration and client intake forms

X

X

Day-0 VMMC surgery and counseling

X

X

Day-0 study consent

X

X

 In-person follow up

  

 Routine day 2

X

 

 Routine day 7

X

 

 Study-specific day 14

X

X

 Routine day 42

X

 

Routine lost-to-follow-up tracing

  

 Day 2

X

X

 Day 7

X

X

Daily texts days 1–13

 

X

MoHCC routine AE procedures

  

 In-person, any day, follow up for suspicion of AE

X

X

 Emergency VMMC after-hours care

X

X

 AE identification

X

X

 AE severity grading

X

X

 AE management and treatment

X

X

 AE reporting on routine MoHCC forms

X

X

  1. VMMC voluntary medical male circumcision, 2wT two-way texting, MoHCC Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care, AE adverse event