Table 3 Feasibility and acceptability of self‐sampling and self‐testing by group.

Feasibility and acceptability measures	Home group	Clinic group	Fisher exact p value
Results from self‐administered questionnaire	n = 113	n = 131
Easy or very easy to self‐sample*	85.8	96.2	0.01
Experienced pain during self‐sampling	17.0	12.3	0.36
Easy or very easy to follow instructions for self‐test*	94.7	97.0	0.52
Easy or very easy to read results on self‐test*	80.5	90.1	0.04
Results from clinician observation and laboratory data
Clinician rating of self‐testing
Very easy	na	64.1	na
Easy		35.1
Difficult		0.8
Very difficult		0.0
First attempt at self‐test was invalid	10.3†	6.1	0.36
Reading of self‐test matched reading by clinic staff (n = 96)‡	91.7	na	na
Reporting at 6‐week follow‐up visit	n = 283	n = 286
Preference between:
Self‐sampling at home	57.6	27.3	<0.001
Self‐sampling at clinic	37.1	66.4
No preference	5.3	6.3
Preference between:
Urine specimen for self‐sampling	39.9	49.3	0.03
Vaginal swab for self‐sampling	60.1	50.7
Preference between:
Self‐testing at home	60.4	29.4	<0.001
Self‐testing at clinic	39.6	70.6
Among women who responded, would self‐sample again in same setting (n = 320)	95.1	98.5	0.13
Median days between enrolment visit and specimen collection¶	2.0	3.0	0.17

na, not applicable.

Values are percentages.

*On a four‐point scale: very easy, easy, difficult, very difficult.

†Based on reading of rapid TV test received in the mail (n = 116).

‡96 out of 146 mailed kits contained both the used rapid TV test and the laboratory form with the woman's recorded interpretation of the test.

¶Self‐reported for home group and per date of clinic visit for clinic group.