Table 3. Reasons for delay in seeking HIV care after first positive HIV test in Vietnam (n = 196).
| Total | Prior registration in other OPC | |||
| Reasons | n (%) | Yes (n = 36) | No (n = 160) | p-value |
| Felt healthy andthought the test/treatmentwas not necessary | 99 (51) | 22 (61) | 77 (50) | 0.23 |
| Fear of stigma anddiscrimination in community | 81 (41) | 16 (44) | 65 (43) | 0.86 |
| Had to work or go to school | 64 (33) | 17 (47) | 47 (31) | 0.06 |
| Fear the HIV test result/treatmentwas not confidential | 50 (26) | 9 (25) | 41 (27) | 0.84 |
| Fear of medication side-effects | 39 (20) | 10 (29) | 29 (19) | 0.20 |
| Afraid of the cost/did not have money | 30 (15) | 5 (14) | 25 (16) | 0.73 |
| Fear of stigma anddiscrimination at facility | 29 (15) | 5 (14) | 24 (16) | 0.80 |
| Don’t want to take medicine for HIV | 27 (14) | 12 (33) | 15 (10) | <0.01* |
| Don’t know the location of OPC | 25 (13) | 6 (17) | 19 (12) | 0.49 |
| Test center/HIVoutpatient clinic was too far | 18 (9.2) | 4 (11) | 14 (9) | 0.71 |
| Administration andformalities were too difficult | 14 (7.1) | 5 (14) | 9 (6) | 0.10 |
| Detention or imprisonment | 19 (9.7) | 8 (22) | 11 (7) | <0.01* |
| Fear of detention orimprisonment | 8 (4.1) | 2 (6) | 6 (4) | 0.66 |
| Perception of low service quality at facility | 5 (2.6) | 3 (8) | 2 (1) | 0.02* |
OPC, outpatient clinic; *p≤0.05.