Table 1.
HIV test completion, time to HIV testing, HIV testing referrals, and referee completion by assigned HIV testing group
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| Assigned HIV testing group
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| Home-based oral fluid rapid HIV self-test |
Home-based mail-in blood sample collection conventional HIV test |
Medical facility/Community organization-based HIV test |
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| n=142 | n=142 | n=141 | |
| HIV testing results | |||
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| Completed assigned HIV test, % (95% CI) | 66.2 (58.4, 74.0) | 40.1 (32.1, 48.2) | 56.0 (47.8, 64.2) |
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| Completed testing other than assigned HIV test, % (95% CI) | 2.8 (0.1, 5.5) | 11.3 (6.1, 16.5) | 1.4 (0.0, 3.4) |
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| Completed any HIV test, % (95% CI) | 69.0 (61.4, 76.6) | 51.4 (43.2, 59.6) | 57.4 (49.3, 65.6) |
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| Did not complete any HIV test, % (95% CI) | 31.0 (23.4, 38.6) | 48.6 (40.4, 56.8) | 42.6 (34.4, 50.7) |
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| Time to HIV testing* | |||
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| Days to complete assigned HIV test, median (95% CI)† | 14.0 (11.0, 17.0) | 17.0 (15.0, 22.0) | 17.0 (11.0, 26.0) |
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| Days to complete test other than assigned HIV test, median (95% CI)† | 59.0 (52.0, 72.0) | 12.0 (3.0, 38.0) | 31.0 (3.0, 59.0) |
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| Days to complete any HIV test, median (95% CI)† | 14.0 (11.0, 18.0) | 17.0 (13.0, 21.0) | 17.0 (11.0, 26.0) |
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| Referral results | |||
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| Agreed to refer, % (95% CI) | 35.9 (28.0, 43.8) | 19.7 (13.2, 26.3) | 26.2 (19.0, 33.5) |
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| Made at least one referral, % (95% CI) | 33.8 (26.0, 41.6) | 19.7 (13.2, 26.3) | 24.1 (17.1, 31.2) |
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| Made at least one legitimate referral‡, % (95% CI) | 28.9 (21.4, 36.3) | 18.3 (11.9, 24.7) | 22.0 (15.1, 28.8) |
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| Referral numbers | |||
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| Number of referrals | 105 | 61 | 79 |
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| Average number of referrals, mean (95% CI) | 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) | 0.4 (0.3, 0.6) | 0.6 (0.4, 0.7) |
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| Number of legitimate referrals‡ | 82 | 57 | 71 |
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| Average number of legitimate referrals‡, mean (95% CI) | 0.6 (0.4, 0.7) | 0.4 (0.2, 0.6) | 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) |
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| n=17 referees | n=14 referees | n=10 referees | |
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| Responses by legitimate referees‡ | |||
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| Completed referred HIV test, % (95% CI) | 70.6 (48.9, 92.2) | 57.1 (31.2, 83.1) | 70.0 (41.6, 98.4) |
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| Completed any HIV test, % (95% CI) | 82.4 (64.2, 100.0) | 57.1 (31.2, 83.1) | 70.0 (41.6, 98.4) |
*
Participants who had negative time to HIV test completion were assigned a time to testing of zero
†
Confidence intervals were calculated using bootstrap percentiles
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Legitimate referrals were determined by comparing referral vs. referee email addresses
CI = confidence interval