Table 2.
Exposure to services, HIV test history, perceptions and concerns
| Sites | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site 1 (n = 77) | Site 2 (n = 73) | Site 3 (n = 89) | Overall (n = 239) | |
| Ever tested for HIV | ||||
| Yes | 77 (100.00) | 63 (86.30) | 76 (85.39) | 216 (90.38) |
| Number of times tested for HIV | 3.55 (2.02) | 2.48 (1.38) | 5.04 (2.53) | 3.77 (2.30) |
| How long ago was most recent test | 10.81 (13.81) | 17 .83 (17.16) | 11.87 (26.04) | 12.34 (20.42) |
| Most recent HIV test result | ||||
| Positive | 0 (0.00) | 1 (1.59) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.46) |
| Negative | 77 (100.00) | 62 (98.41) | 76 (100.00) | 215 (99.54) |
| Didn’t get result | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) |
| Location where last tested for HIV | ||||
| VCT | 47 (61.04) | 14 (22.22) | 73 (96.05) | 134 (62.04) |
| Clinical setting | 30 (38.96) | 40 (63.49) | 2 (2.63) | 72 (33.33) |
| Home | 0 (0.00) | 8 (12.70) | 1 (1.32) | 9 (4.17) |
| Other | 0 (0.00) | 1 (1.59) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.46) |
| If never tested, reasons why (check all that apply) | ||||
| I thought I had a low chance of getting HIV | 0 (0.00) | 6 (60.00) | 1 (7.69) | 7 (30.43) |
| Takes too much time/inconvenient | 0 (0.00) | 1 (10.00) | 4 (30.77) | 5 (21.74) |
| I am afraid of knowing that I may have HIV | 0 (0.00) | 2 (20.00) | 6 (75.00) | 8 (33.33) |
| Other | 0 (0.00) | 1 (10.00) | 3 (23.08) | 4 (17.39) |
| Ever used self-tests in the past | ||||
| Yes | 7 (9.09) | 1 (1.39) | 0 (0.00) | 8 (3.36) |
| No | 70 (90.91) | 71 (98.61) | 89 (100.00) | 230 (96.64) |
| Concerns about testing HIV positive (check all that apply) | ||||
| Fear of stigma | 73 (94.81) | 42 (57.53) | 41 (46.07) | 156 (65.27) |
| Fear of abandonment | 72 (93.51) | 32 (43.84) | 44 (49.44) | 148 (61.93) |
| Fear of family violence | 37 (48.05) | 53 (72.60) | 27 (30.34) | 117 (48.95) |
| Confidentiality concerns | 70 (90.91) | 54 (73.97) | 36 (40.45) | 160 (66.95) |
| Access to treatment if you are HIV positive | 11 (14.29) | 65 (89.04) | 9 (10.11) | 85 (35.57) |
| Other | 2 (2.60) | 9 (12.33) | 28 (31.46) | 39 (16.32) |
For number of times tested and time since the most recent test, cell contents are means with standard deviations in parentheses. For all other variables, cell contents are count of participants with percentages in parentheses