Table 2.
Acceptability of clinician testing for trichomoniasis at three time points*
| Baseline | Post-testing |
Post-discussion |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | p Value† | Mean (95% CI) | p Value‡ | |
| Trust of test result | 2.68 (2.63 to 2.73) | 2.72 (2.67 to 2.77) | 0.18 | 2.74 (2.67 to 2.82) | 0.53 |
| Believe test result is correct | 2.60 (2.53 to 2.66) | 2.67 (2.60 to 2.73) | 0.06 | 2.73 (2.65 to 2.81) | 0.11 |
| Trust the test result | 2.76 (2.71 to 2.83) | 2.77 (2.72 to 2.82) | 0.81 | 2.75 (2.67 to 2.83) | 0.66 |
| Confidence in ability to collect | 2.75 (2.69 to 2.81) | 2.77 (2.69 to 2.81) | 0.56 | 2.78 (2.72 to 2.82) | 1.00 |
| Not hard to collect from the right place | 2.76 (2.70 to 2.82) | 2.77 (2.71 to 2.83) | 0.91 | 2.83 (2.70 to 2.96) | 1.00 |
| Not hard to collect specimen correctly | 2.74 (2.68 to 2.80) | 2.81 (2.75 to 2.86) | 0.07 | 2.80 (2.67 to 2.94) | 1.00 |
| Comfort of procedure | 2.41 (2.35 to 2.47) | 2.49 (2.43 to 2.55) | <0.001 | 2.62 (2.49 to 2.75) | <0.001 |
| Procedure not uncomfortable | 2.16 (2.07 to 2.24) | 2.26 (2.17 to 2.35) | 0.03 | 2.49 (2.32 to 2.66) | 0.03 |
| Procedure not painful | 2.52 (2.44 to 2.5p) | 2.57 (2.49 to 2.65) | 0.15 | 2.68 (2.53 to 2.83) | 0.57 |
| Procedure not unpleasant | 2.21 (2.12 to 2.30) | 2.32 (2.23 to 2.41) | 0.01 | 2.52 (2.36 to 2.68) | 0.06 |
| Procedure not embarrassing | 2.47 (2.39 to 2.56) | 2.55 (2.46 to 2.63) | 0.06 | 2.54 (2.34 to 2.75) | 0.57 |
| Not bothered by procedure | 2.45 (2.37 to 2.52) | 2.49 (2.41 to 2.57) | 0.29 | 2.61 (2.43 to 2.79) | 0.41 |
| Swab not hard to insert | 2.64 (2.57 to 2.71) | 2.73 (2.67 to 2.80) | 0.01 | 2.74 (2.59 to 2.90) | 1.00 |
| Perceived effects of testing | 2.69 (2.64 to 2.73) | 2.65 (2.6 to 2.7) | 0.085 | 2.74 (2.69 to 2.79) | 0.10 |
| Would feel in control of one's health | 2.35 (2.27 to 2.44) | 2.34 (2.25 to 2.42) | 0.68 | 2.53 (2.43 to 2.62) | <0.001 |
| Testing is a good thing to do for health | 2.88 (2.74 to 2.92) | 2.81 (2.76 to 2.87) | 0.04 | 2.86 (2.79 to 2.92) | 0.16 |
| Would recommend testing to a friend | 2.83 (2.78 to 2.87) | 2.79 (2.73 to 2.84) | 0.15 | 2.84 (2.78 to 2.90) | 0.09 |
| Overall mean acceptability score | 2.57 (2.53 to 2.61) | 2.61 (2.56 to 2.65) | 0.020 | 2.72 (2.67 to 2.77) | <0.001 |
*
Values represent mean acceptability for items, subscales and overall acceptability. Subscales are in bold and individual items are not.
†
p Value determined using paired t test comparing baseline with post-test.
‡
p Value determined using paired t test comparing post-test with post-discussion.