Table 2.
Acceptability of novel aspects of the PRONTO! model among PRONTO! GBM clients completing evaluation survey one and survey two
| Survey one n (%)a 118 (100.0) |
Survey two n (%)a 298 (100.0) |
P-valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The opening hours are convenient for me | |||
| Any agree | 111 (94.1) | 264 (88.6) | |
| Not agree | 7 (5.9) | 34 (11.4) | 0.09 |
| The location of PRONTO! is convenient for me | |||
| Any agree | 94 (79.7) | 227 (76.4) | |
| Not agree | 24 (20.3) | 70 (23.6) | 0.48 |
| I found it easy to get an appointment at PRONTO! | |||
| Any agree | 117 (99.2) | 287 (96.6) | |
| Not agree | 1 (0.9) | 10 (3.4) | 0.15 |
| I was comfortable waiting in the consultation room with the test facilitator | |||
| Any agree | 111 (94.1) | 291 (97.7) | |
| Not agree | 7 (5.9) | 7 (2.3) | 0.07 |
| Overall, I prefer rapid testing to conventional HIV testing | |||
| Any agree | 116 (98.3) | 261 (87.6) | |
| Not agree | 2 (1.7) | 37 (12.4) | 0.001 |
| I found our conversation useful in regards to my sexual health | |||
| Any agree | 109 (92.4) | 250 (83.9) | |
| Not agree | 9 (7.6) | 48 (16.1) | 0.02 |
| They managed the whole experience professionally | |||
| Any agree | 118 (100.0) | 293 (98.3) | |
| Not agree | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.7) | 0.16 |
| Overall, I prefer testing with a peer test facilitator rather than a sexual health doctor or nurse | |||
| Any agree | 92 (78.0) | 179 (60.3) | |
| Not agree | 26 (22.0) | 119 (35.4) | 0.001 |
| I am likely to return to PRONTO! for HIV testing | |||
| Any agree | 113 (95.8) | 279 (93.9) | |
| Not agree | 5 (4.2) | 18 (6.1) | 0.46 |
| I am likely to test for HIV more frequently now that PRONTO! is open | |||
| Any agree | 101 (85.6) | 254 (85.2) | |
| Any disagree | 17 (14.4) | 44 (14.8) | 0.9 |
Any agree – agree, strongly agree; not agree – neither agree nor disagree, disagree, strongly disagree
aMissing excluded
btwo sample z-test