Table 2.
Level of agreement on questions regarding self-testing, stratified by stakeholders (n = 71) vs. frontline care providers (n = 112) Proportional odds ratios (OR) are presented with their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI), comparing all other stakeholders to frontline care professionals
| Survey question | HIV self-tests are an important approach to testing and should be made available to my clients | Investment in HIV self-testing is necessary to help bring undiagnosed individuals into care | In your opinion, your clients will benefit by having access to self-test kits | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Proportional OR (95% CI) | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Proportional OR (95% CI) | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Proportional OR (95% CI) | |
| Other stakeholders* | 81.1% (56/69) | 15.9% (11/69) | 2.9% (2/69) | 3.82 (1.89–7.71) | 81.4% (57/70) | 12.9% (9/70) | 5.7% (4/70) | 2.44 (1.20–4.98) | 73.1% (49/67) | 19.4% (13/67) | 7.5% (5/67) | 2.64 (1.39–5.02) |
| Frontline care professionals | 54.5% (61/112) | 26.8% (30/112) | 18.8% (21/112) | 64.0% (71/111) | 24.3% (27/111) | 11.7% (13/111) | 50.9% (57/112) | 31.3% (35/112) | 17.9% (20/112) | |||
* Researchers, policy makers, and “other stakeholders” (e.g. community AIDS workers) were grouped together in this analysis