Table 2. Acceptability of genital self-sampling for women from the BILHIV study (n=603).

Question	Very easy % (n)	Easy % (n)	Neutral % (n)	A little difficult % (n)	Very difficult % (n)
I found vaginal self-sampling to be	34.5 (208)	60.4 (364)	2.0 (12)	3.2 (19)	0 (0)
I found cervical self-sampling to be	26.2 (158)	60.4 (364)	5.0 (30)	8.5 (51)	0 (0)
I found collecting my own urine sample to be	56.2 (339)	40.0 (241)	1.7 (10)	2.0 (12)	0.2 (1)
Question	Strong yes	Yes	Maybe	No	Strong no
I would be willing to take a vaginal self-sample in the future.	42.1 (254)	54.6 (329)	2.2 (13)	1.2 (7)	0 (0)
I would be willing to take a cervical self-sample in the future.	37.0 (223)	60.0 (359)	2.5 (15)	1.0 (6)	0 (0)
I would be willing to takes a urine self-sample in the future.	38.6 (233)	58.4 (352)	2.3 (14)	0.7 (4)	0 (0)
I would recommend self-sampling to my friends.	29.0 (175)	66.7 (402)	1.8 (11)	2.0 (12)	0.5 (3)
Self-collecting a vaginal swab was painful.	0.33 (2)	3.0 (18)	3.7 (22)	77.1 (465)	15.9 (96)
Self-collecting a cervical swab was painful.	0 (0)	6.8 (41)	9.6 (58)	71.3 (430)	12.3 (74)
I am confident I collected the specimens properly.	29.0 (175)	66.2 (399)	2.7 (16)	2.2 (13)	0 (0)
I feel confident I collected a sample from my vagina.	25.7 (155)	72.3 (436)	1.3 (8)	0.7 (4)	0 (0)
I feel confident I collected a sample from my cervix.	24.5 (148)	71.6 (432)	3.5 (21)	0.3 (2)	0 (0)