Table 2.

Self-reported reasons for not having visited a clinic recorded in the linkage to care survey by HIPSS participants who had not attended a clinic since being diagnosed HIV-positive during home-based HIV testing services

Reason	All (N=67) %	Female (N=44) %	Male (N=23) %	difference by gender p-value
I will only register for HIV treatment when I get sick	48	41	61	0.120
I don’t believe the HIV treatment works	13	16	9	0.411
I would rather go to a traditional healer	3	2	4	0.636
I won’t believe the HIV positive test result	16	23	4	0.054
I would seek treatment elsewhere	5	5	4	0.970
I am afraid my family/colleagues/friends will find out my HIV status	15	16	13	0.755
I am afraid of the side-effects of the HIV treatment	33	34	30	0.762
I don’t have the time to go to the clinic	61	55	74	0.129
I don’t have the money to go to the clinic	21	18	26	0.122
The medical staff at the clinic cannot be trusted	9	9	9	0.957
I won’t be treated with respect at the clinic	13	16	9	0.450

Note: p-values based on chi-squared tests.