Table 1.
Characteristics of people who received HIV testing services in the PREV program, Thailand, fiscal years (FY) 2012–2016.
| Characteristic | All Number (%) |
FY 2012 Number (%) |
FY 2013 Number (%) |
FY 2014 Number (%) |
FY 2015 Number (%) |
FY 2016 Number (%) |
P valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number testing for HIV | 5629 | 458 | 840 | 936 | 1563 | 1832 | <0.001 |
| Age | |||||||
| Median age (years) | 24 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | |
| <25 years old | 3022 (54) | 179 (39) | 428 (51) | 525 (56) | 842 (54) | 1048 (57) | <0.001 |
| ≥25 years old | 2593 (46) | 279 (61) | 412 (49) | 411 (44) | 708 (46) | 783 (43) | <0.001 |
| Self-identified as | |||||||
| Man who has sex with men | 4119 (73) | 319 (70) | 534 (64) | 683 (73) | 1069 (68) | 1514 (83) | <0.001 |
| Male sex worker | 818 (15) | 126 (28) | 209 (25) | 179 (19) | 239 (15) | 65 (4) | |
| Transgender woman | 692 (12) | 13 (3) | 97 (12) | 74 (8) | 255 (16) | 253 (14) | |
| Relationship status | |||||||
| No partner | 4368 (96) | 313 (92) | 302 (97) | 595 (96) | 1386 (96) | 1772 (97) | <0.001 |
| Has partner (living together or not) | 169 (4) | 28 (8) | 10 (3) | 27 (4) | 54 (4) | 50 (3) | |
| How client learned about HIV testing service | |||||||
| Walked in to hospital clinic | 2227 (40) | 373 (81) | 352 (42) | 437 (47) | 500 (32) | 565 (31) | <0.001 |
| Peer educator | 2299 (41) | 84 (18) | 444 (53) | 419 (45) | 768 (49) | 584 (32) | |
| Friend or family member | 235 (4) | 0 (0) | 41 (5) | 23 (2) | 67 (4) | 104 (6) | |
| Media | 378 (7) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.4) | 18 (2) | 109 (7) | 248 (14) | |
| Other | 490 (9) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 39 (4) | 119 (8) | 331 (18) | |
| HIV testing site | |||||||
| Hospital clinic | 3706 (66) | 437 (95) | 574 (68) | 583 (62) | 985 (63) | 1127 (62) | <0.001 |
| Mobile clinic | 1923 (34) | 21 (5) | 266 (32) | 353 (38) | 578 (37) | 705 (38) | |
| Last sex with | |||||||
| Man | 5272 (95) | 421 (94) | 749 (90) | 876 (95) | 1487 (96) | 1739 (96) | <0.001 |
| Transgender woman | 38 (1) | 2 (0) | 11(1) | 2 (0) | 5 (0) | 18 (1) | |
| Woman | 245 (4) | 25 (6) | 69 (8) | 44 (5) | 54 (3) | 53 (3) | |
| Used condom during most recent sexual exposure | 3568 (63) | 310 (68) | 565 (67) | 606 (65) | 955 (61) | 1132 (62) | <0.001 |
| HIV testing for first time | 3412 (61) | 185 (40) | 452 (54) | 562 (60) | 1015 (65) | 1198 (65) | <0.001 |
| Received HIV-test result | 5609 (100) | 450 (98) | 835 (99) | 935 (100) | 1563 (100) | 1826 (100) | <0.001 |
| HIV result | |||||||
| Positive | 1193 (21) | 98 (21) | 201 (24) | 248 (27) | 328 (21) | 318 (17) | <0.001 |
| Negative | 4417 (79) | 360 (79) | 637 (76) | 685 (73) | 1230 (79) | 1505 (82) | |
| Baseline CD4 test done | 756/1193 (63) | 50/98 (51) | 129/201 (64) | 169/248 (68) | 224/328 (68) | 184/318 (58) | 0.013 |
| Median baseline CD4 count | 284 | 279 | 263 | 287 | 296 | 285 | 0.98 |
FY, fiscal year (e.g., FY 2012 = 01 September 2011 through 31 August 2012)
a
Poisson regression for trends in HIV testing; Chi-square test for trend and Cochran-Mantel Haenszel for categorical variables and Wilcoxon rank sum trend test for continuous variables