Table 5 Summary of how lay health workers (LHWs) spent their time during treatment and adherence support visits in the community
Site | Average walking time between patient visits | Average duration of home visit | Average number of visits done per day | Time with patients as % of the observed time | Total number of patients found at home/Total number of visits done (% of visits with patients found at home) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Site 1 | 6 minutes | 8 minutes | 4 | 27% | 18/28 (64) |
Site 2 | 3 minutes | 7 minutes | 10 | 64% | 38/51 (75) |
Site 3 | 15 minutes | 11 minutes | 5 | 48% | 13/18 (72) |
Average | 8 minutes | 9 minutes | 6 | 46% | 69/97 (71) |