Table 2.
Comparison of home-based and clinic-based HIV test participants
| Variable | Home-based testers N=378 N (%) |
Clinic-based testers N=6443 N (%) |
P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 212 (56) | 3395 (53) | 0.20 |
| Age category | < 0.001 | ||
| 18–24 | 112 (30) | 2340 (36) | |
| 25–34 | 116 (31) | 2172 (34) | |
| 35–44 | 81 (21) | 1178 (18) | |
| >45 | 69 (18) | 753 (12) | |
| Refugee status | < 0.001 | ||
| Refugee | 353 (93) | 5103 (79) | |
| Ugandan national | 23 (6) | 1330 (21) | |
| Years in Nakivale | < 0.001 | ||
| <1year | 7 (2) | 754 (12) | |
| 1–5years | 130 (34) | 2409 (37) | |
| ≥5years | 233 (62) | 2670 (41) | |
| Unknown | 8 (2) | 610 (10) | |
| Country of origin | < 0.001 | ||
| Uganda | 23 (6) | 1342 (21) | |
| Rwanda | 129 (34) | 2371 (37) | |
| DRC | 134 (35) | 1580 (25) | |
| Burundi | 91 (24) | 986 (15) | |
| Othera | 1 (0.3) | 164 (2.5) | |
| Relationship status | < 0.001 | ||
| Married/living together | 292 (77) | 4053 (63) | |
| Single | 39 (10) | 1658 (26) | |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 47 (12) | 723 (11) | |
| Education | < 0.001 | ||
| No school | 96 (25) | 1330 (21) | |
| Some/completed primary school | 239 (63) | 3794 (59) | |
| Some secondary school and aboveb | 43 (11) | 1309 (20) | |
| HIV knowledgec | < 0.001 | ||
| <75% correct | 113 (30) | 2609 (41) | |
| ≥75% correct | 265 (70) | 3834 (60) | |
| Previous HIV test | 294 (78) | 4751 (74) | 0.072 |
| HIV tested within the past year | 151 (40) | 2308 (36) | 0.10 |
| Time to clinic | < 0.001 | ||
| <1h | 89 (24) | 3099 (48) | |
| ≥1h to clinic | 278 (74) | 3344 (52) | |
| HIV-positive | 7 (1.9) | 217 (3.4) | 0.27 |
Abbreviations: DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo
*P-value based on Pearson chi-square test
aOther includes Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, and Zaire
bIncludes some/completed secondary school, vocational school, certificate program, bachelors, and post graduate
cQuestionnaire included 4 questions [correct answer]: (1) Do you think that a healthy-looking person can be infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS? [Yes]; (2) Can a person get HIV by sharing a meal with someone who is infected? [No]; (3) Can a pregnant woman infected with HIV or AIDS transmit the virus to her unborn child? [Yes]; (4) Can a woman with HIV or AIDS transmit the virus to her newborn child through breastfeeding? [Yes]