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. 2016 Jul 20;16:608. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3305-5

Table 3.

Place where care sought and satisfaction with received services, by type of service

General health care (N = 277)b Contraceptive services (N = 213)c STI care (N = 134)d HTS (N = 241)e HIV care (N = 105)f
RDS adjusted % 95 % CI RDS adjusted % 95 % CI RDS adjusted % 95 % CI RDS adjusted % 95 % CI RDS adjusted % 95 % CI
Place where last time care was sought
 Public health facilities 78.0 71.7–84.0 37.5 29.2–47.1 66.5 55.8–75.7 42.8 34.3–51.0 60.8 48.2–71.9
 Night clinic 16.8 11.7–22.0 30.1 21.4–38.8 24.5 16.4–34.2 16.1 9.6–23.9 0.0 -
 Private clinics 1.8 0.5–3.5 (0.8)a (0.1–0.5) 0.0 - (0.8)a (0.2–3.3) 0.0 -
 Informal health sector 6.6 3.4–10.6 15.1 9.8–20.9 4.4 2.2–8.7 0.0 - 0.0 -
 Community outreach 0.0 - 4.9 2.2–8.3 0.0 - 21.9 15.8–28.9 0.0 -
 Outside Tete 1.9 0.1–4.6 12.8 7.9–18.6 1.4 0.3–4.5 18.0 12.5–24.0 39.0 27.6–50.1
Reason for choice of place
 Where I always go - - 65.1 55.4–73.9 66.3 55.9–75.9 47.8 39.1–55.2 69.1 58.5–79.2
 Nearby - - 42.5 32.9–51.9 43.9 32.8–55.3 42.7 34.9–50.9 32.6 20.9–44.1
 I was referred there - - 17.3 11.5–23.4 39.9 29.8–51.0 16.4 10.3–23.9 19.3 11.7–28.5
 Shorter waiting times - - 5.3 2.4–9.1 2.8 1.6–6.6 9.1 4.7–14.4 4.5 1.6–10.5
 Privacy - - 3.7 1.0–7.6 4.1 1.4–8.7 6.3 3.1–9.9 10.6 4.3–18.3
 Friendly Health personnel - - 1.1 6.2 0.0 - 10.0 5.4–15.2 0.0 -
 Cost is low or free - - 3.7 1.2–7.2 (2.5)a (0.0–5.3) 4.4 1.7–7.7 2.2 0.4–5.0
 Quality of care - - 0.7 0.2–2.0 0.0 - 2.5 0.7–4.9 4.5 1.3–10.3
Satisfaction with the received services
 Very satisfied 30.0 20.1–36.3 29.0 20.4–38.6 26.6 18.0–36.2 32.4 24.4–41.8 33.5 22.0–45.4
 Satisfied 71.7 63.3–79.3 70.2 61.5–48.8 71.2 61.8–80.4 66.9 58.3–76.1 62.6 51.1–74.7
 Little or not satisfied 0.3 0.3–1.2 0.9 0.5–2.8 2.2 0.7–5.9 (0.6)a (0.1–4.0) 3.9 0.5–10.2

aBootstrap analysis was not possible because of too few observations in some categories. A weighed proportion was calculated instead

b N = Excludes FSWs who didn’t respond to the questions

c N = FSWs who used a contraception method and responded to the questions

d N = FSWs who sought care for last STI episode

e N = FSWs who had an HIV test in the past 2 years

f N = FSWs who were in HIV care and responded to the questions