Table 2.
Summary of precounseling reasons for choosing not to be tested for HSV-2 on Visit 1. Data are expressed as (%) of participants.
| Subgroup changing from willing to unwilling (n = 115) |
Subgroup unwilling to be tested (n = 169) |
Subgroup never willing (n = 52) |
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| Cost of the test | n = 72 | n = 126 | n = 52 |
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 100 | 99 | 67 |
| Agree/strongly agree | 0 | 1 | 33 |
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| Fear of results | n = 72 | n = 126 | n = 52 |
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 77 | 73 | 69 |
| Agree/strongly agree | 23 | 27 | 31 |
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| Knowing is not important to me | n = 72 | n = 126 | n = 52 |
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 99 | 89 | 77 |
| Agree/strongly agree | 1 | 11 | 23 |
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| Concern about what will be done with results | n = 72 | n = 126 | n = 52 |
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 40 | 49 | 59 |
| Agree/strongly agree | 60 | 51 | 41 |
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| No knowledge of genital herpes | n = 72 | n = 126 | n = 52 |
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 100 | 95 | 95 |
| Agree/strongly agree | 0 | 5 | 10 |
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| No knowledge of how genital herpes will affect my baby | n = 72 | n = 126 | n = 52 |
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 100 | 98 | 96 |
| Agree/strongly agree | 0 | 2 | 4 |
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| Not at risk for genital herpes | n = 71 | n = 125 | n = 52 |
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 9 | 15 | 22 |
| Agree/strongly agree | 91 | 85 | 78 |
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| No benefit to finding out results | n = 72 | n = 126 | n = 52 |
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 75 | 78 | 82 |
| Agree/strongly agree | 25 | 22 | 18 |
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| Test would take too much time | n = 72 | n = 126 | n = 52 |
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 4 | 66 | 92 |
| Agree/strongly agree | 53 | 34 | 8 |
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| Being tested is too personal | n = 72 | n = 125 | n = 51 |
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 34 | 47 | 65 |
| Agree/strongly agree | 66 | 53 | 35 |
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| Having to tell my partner the test results | n = 72 | n = 126 | n = 52 |
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 83 | 66 | 65 |
| Agree/strongly agree | 17 | 24 | 35 |