Table 1.

 Primary and secondary outcome measures in home based HIV counselling and testing intervention

Indicator	No of items for composite indices	Expected difference between study arms due to intervention
Primary outcome
HIV awareness:
Having had an HIV test	NA	Higher in intervention arm
Secondary outcomes
HIV awareness:
Knowledge that someone with HIV/AIDS can look and feel healthy for many years	NA	Higher in intervention arm
Disclosed results of most recent HIV test to someone	NA	Higher in intervention arm
Received couple counselling with most recent HIV test	NA	Higher in intervention arm
Stigma:
Agree that people with HIV are treated badly in the community owing to their HIV status	NA	Lower in intervention arm
Any stigmatising behaviours observed in the community in the past year towards people with HIV/AIDS	17	Lower in intervention arm
Any stigmatising behaviours experienced by HIV infected individuals in past year*	17	Lower in intervention arm
Sexual behaviour:
More than one sexual partner in the past three months	3	Lower in intervention arm
Any casual partner (any one-off partner or ongoing non-primary partner in past three months)	2	Lower in intervention arm
Condom use at last sexual intercourse	3	Higher in intervention arm
Vulnerability to violence:
Ever been forced to have sex by partner	3	Lower in intervention arm
Experience of an episode of physical, sexual, or verbal intimate partner violence since disclosure of HIV status†	14	Lower in intervention arm
Access to care:
CD4 count test performed for individuals testing HIV positive	NA	Higher in intervention arm

NA=not applicable.

*Restricted to those reporting being HIV positive on most recent HIV test.

†Restricted to those who reported disclosing the results of their most recent HIV test.