Table II.
Participant characteristics for subset who completed qualitative interviews
| Qualitative Participant Categories – PrEP Initiation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics ( n / % ) | Immediate resenters (n = 14) |
Delayed Presenters (n = 13) |
Never Presenters (n = 10) |
TOTAL Sample (N = 37) |
|
| Age (median, IQR) | 21 (20–24) | 21 (18–22) | 22 (21–23) | 22 (19–24) | |
| Site | |||||
| Urban | 2 (14.3) | 3 (23.1) | 2 (20.0) | 7 (18.9) | |
| Rural | 12 (85.7) | 10 (76.9) | 8 (80.0) | 30 (81.1) | |
| In school | 5 (35.7) | 5 (38.5) | 4 (40.0) | 14 (37.8) | |
| Days to present to site for PrEP initiation (median, IQR) | 0 (0–1) | 7 (4–23) | N/A | 4 (0–9) | |
| Household size (median, IQR) | 5 (3–6) | 6 (5–8) | 7 (4–9) | 5 (4–8) | |
| Relation to household | |||||
| Head of Household | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.7) | |
| Family member e.g. daughter, sister, grandchild | 12 (85.7) | 12 (92.3) | 7 (70.0) | 31 (83.8) | |
| Adopted/foster/step child | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 2 (5.4) | |
| Partner / Wife | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.7) | 1 (10.0) | 2 (5.4) | |
| Refused | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (2.7) | |
| Ever had sexual intercourse | 7 (50.0) | 10 (76.9) | 4 (40.0) | 21 (56.8) | |
| *Frequency of condom use (last 6 months) | |||||
| All the time | 3 (21.4) | 6 (46.2) | 1 (10.0) | 10 (27.0) | |
| Some of the time | 3 (21.4) | 3 (23.1) | 2 (20.0) | 8 (21.6) | |
| Never | 1 (7.1) | 1 (7.7) | 1 (10.0) | 3 (8.1) | |
| Ever tested for HIV | 14 (100.0) | 13 (100.0) | 10 (100.0) | 37 (100.0) | |
| Ever heard of PrEP before | 7 (50.0) | 6 (46.2) | 1 (10.0) | 14 (37.8) | |
| **Social support (Range: 0–7) (median, IQR) | 5.5 (4.8–5.8) | 5.1 (4.2–5.9) | 5.7 (4.7–6.2) | 5.4 (4.4–5.9) | |
| Ever discussed HIV prevention with anyone | |||||
| Yes | 13 (92.9) | 13 (100.0) | 9 (90.0) | 35 (94.6) | |
| No | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.7) | |
| Refused | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (2.7) | |
| ***Knowledge of HIV risk (Range: 0–7) (median, IQR) | 2 (1–5) | 2 (1–4) | 4 (3–5) | 3 (1–5) | |
*
Not applicable to n = 16 who reported never having sex or not having sex in the past 6 months
**
Not applicable or incomplete responses for n = 3. The multi-dimensional social support scale includes an average of ratings for 12 items such as friends, family, and significant others (0 = low support and 7 = high support)
***
Knowledge of HIV risk represents total score (0 = low knowledge and 7 = high knowledge) calculated from participants’ responses to statements of risk factors for HIV