Table 3.
Female preferred MPT attributes, n = 216
| MPT product attribute | Attribute Message | Total overall N = 216 (100%) |
AGYW n = 103 (48%) |
Females > 24 years n = 113 (52%) |
Chi2 p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of votes | % | |||||
| Body placement | This MPT implant will be inserted in your upper arm and will naturally dissolve in your body! There will be no need for removal. | 80 | 37.4% | 43.7% | 31.3% | 0.111 |
| This MPT will be a re-fillable implant that is inserted in your upper arm and will be refilled after one year. It is only inserted once and not removed unless you want it out. | 55 | 25.7% | 20.4% | 30.4% | ||
| This MPT implant will be inserted in your upper arm and will be replaced after 1 year. | 80 | 37.4% | 35.9% | 38.4% | ||
| Prevention characteristics | This MPT implant will prevent HIV, pregnancy or STIs for 6 months. | 22 | 10.3% | 7.8% | 12.5% | < 0.001 |
| This MPT implant will prevent HIV, pregnancy or STIs for 12 months. | 107 | 50.0% | 55.3% | 44.6% | ||
| This MPT implant will prevent HIV, pregnancy or STIs for 24 months. | 85 | 39.7% | 36.9% | 42.0% | ||
| Side effects | This MPT implant may cause very mild side effects for the time you are using it. | 20 | 9.3% | 8.7% | 9.8% | 0.922 |
| This MPT implant may cause side effects such as nausea, weight gain, irregular menstruation but only while your body gets used to it. | 124 | 57.9% | 59.2% | 56.3% | ||
| Every medicine has side effects, you can handle it because the prevention is fantastic. | 70 | 32.7% | 32.0% | 33.0% | ||
| Service delivery point | This MPT implant insertion will be done at a local clinic by a healthcare professional who will require you to visit the clinic for check-ups throughout the year. | 135 | 61.1% | 71.8% | 54.5% | 0.037 |
| This MPT implant insertion will be done at a mobile clinic in your community by a healthcare professional who will require you to visit the mobile clinic for check-ups. | 47 | 21.3% | 16.5% | 26.8% | ||
| This implant will be done in a gazebo at a community hotspot by a healthcare professional and does not require and follow-up visits. | 39 | 17.6% | 14.6% | 21.4% | ||
| Removal options | Should you be unhappy with the MPT implant, a health care professional can remove it any time. | 80 | 37.4% | 39.8% | 34.8% | 0.001 |
| Once the implant is inserted, you won’t be able to remove it because it dissolves. | 65 | 30.4% | 37.9% | 23.2% | ||
| Should you be unhappy with the MPT implant, a health care professional can remove during the first 2 months of use. | 68 | 31.8% | 18.4% | 43.8% | ||
| Replacement options | This MPT implant will prevent STIs AND pregnancy and will need to be replaced every year for continued prevention. | 66 | 30.8% | 36.9% | 25.0% | 0.106 |
| This MPT implant will only prevent HIV and will need to be re-placed every year for continued prevention. | 36 | 16.8% | 16.5% | 17.0% | ||
| This MPT implant will prevent HIV AND pregnancy and will need to be replaced every year for continued prevention. | 114 | 53.3% | 45.6% | 59.8% | ||
| Visibility | This MPT implant will only be felt by yourself or others when the area is pressed. | 40 | 18.7% | 22.3% | 15.2% | 0.180 |
| This MPT implant will be inserted in your upper arm and will not be visible on the outside so nobody will know it is there. | 134 | 62.6% | 62.1% | 62.5% | ||
| This MPT implant cannot be seen but could be felt by yourself or others. | 43 | 20.1% | 15.5% | 24.1% | ||
| Pain | A nurse will numb the area before insertion and removal of the MPT implant, so you will not feel it go in or out, however you may experience some mild discomfort or bruising afterwards. | 102 | 47.7% | 49.5% | 45.5% | 0.409 |
| There will be slight pain during insertion but no further discomfort after the MPT implant is inserted. | 91 | 42.5% | 37.9% | 46.4% | ||
| The pain associated with insertion is similar to that of donating blood with some light bruising. | 23 | 10.7% | 12.6% | 8.9% |