Table 2.
Self-reported risk profiles of patients consenting to and declining an HIV test. Data are given as frequencies and percentages; statistical testing used Fisher’s Exact test.
| Consenters N=106 |
Decliners N=60 |
P- Value |
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| MSM | 3 (2.8) | 1 (1.70) | 1.000 |
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| >1 partner in past year | 55 (51.9) | 28 (46.7) | 0.628 |
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| Sex with an at risk partner | 34 (32.1) | 18 (30.0) | 0.862 |
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| IDU who do not share needles | 4 (3.8) | 2 (3.3) | 0.885 |
| IDU who share needles | 4 (3.8) | 1 (1.7) | |
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| Crack use in past year | 11 (10.4) | 7 (11.7) | 0.800 |
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| Prior HIV test (ever) | 84 (79.2) | 54 (90.0) | 0.087 |
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| Institutionalized For Drugs Or Alcohol more than 1 year previously |
7 (6.6) | 4 (6.7) | 1.000 |
| Institutionalized For Drugs Or Alcohol less than 1 year previously |
10 (9.4) | 5 (8.3) | |
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| Institutionalized For Psychiatric Condition more than one year previously |
12 (11.3) | 5 (8.3) | 0.725 |
| Institutionalized For Psychiatric Condition less than one year previously |
8 (7.5) | 3 (5.0) | |
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| Homeless more than one year previously | 16 (15.1) | 13 (21.7) | 0.524 |
| Homeless less than one year previously | 16 (15.1) | 9 (15.0) | |
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| Incarcerated more than one year previously | 45 (42.5) | 25 (41.7) | 0.956 |
| Incarcerated less than one year previously | 24 (22.6) | 15 (25.0) | |