Table 5.
Effectiveness of HIV Self-Testing Instructions
| Paper instructions only | Paper plus video instructions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Higher educationa | Lower education | Overall | Higher educationa | Lower education | pb | |
| Confidence in performing an HIV Self-test | |||||||
| % not confident | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | .01 |
| % somehow confident | 22 | 14 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 22 | |
| % confident | 73 | 83 | 64 | 79 | 87 | 72 | |
| HIVST knowledge quiz | |||||||
| % with correct number of minutes for valid test | 94 | 96 | 91 | 90 | 95 | 80 | <.01 |
| % with correct response on reading results | 65 | 70 | 44 | 61 | 67 | 35 | .02 |
| Mean number of correct answers out of 9 (SD) | 8.1 (1.2) | 8.3 (1.0) | 7.9 (1.3) | 7.9 (1.3) | 8.2 (1.1) | 7.6 (1.4) | <.01 |
| % incorrectly said it was okay to drink water | 73 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 77 | .51 |
a
Higher education was defined as completion of secondary school and above.
b
p-Value refers to comparison of proportions between participants who received paper only versus paper and video instructions.