Table 2.
Acceptability of HIVST and reasons for use/non-use among MSM according to no previous HIV test and a previous HIV negative result in 12 Brazilian cities, 2016
| Variables | Overalla | No previous HIV testa | Previous negative HIV resulta | p-value* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | 95%CI | %2 | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | |||||
| Acceptability of HIVST | 0.07 | |||||||||
| Yes | 47.3 | (43.5–51.1) | 42.7 | (36.3–49.3) | 50.1 | (45.3–54.9) | ||||
| No | 52.7 | (48.9–56.5) | 57.3 | (50.7–63.7) | 49.9 | (45.1–54.7) | ||||
| Reasons to use HIVST | ||||||||||
| Curiosity | 31.3 | (26.7–36.4) | 36.8 | (27.1–47.7) | 28.6 | (24.0–33.7) | 0.14 | |||
| As a routine test | 27.8 | (24.2–31.7) | 25.8 | (19.2–33.8) | 28.8 | (24.7–33.4) | 0.50 | |||
| It is more practical/easiness | 17.8 | (13.6–22.8) | 10.7 | (6.3–17.5) | 21.4 | (15.9–28.1) | 0.01 | |||
| Believes to be at risk for HIV infection | 16.6 | (13.5–20.4) | 16.8 | (11.0–24.8) | 16.6 | (13.1–20.8) | 0.95 | |||
| Confidentiality | 11.3 | (8.5–14.9) | 8.9 | (6.1–12.8) | 12.6 | (8.8–17.6) | 0.18 | |||
| Reasons to not use HIVST | ||||||||||
| Fear | 42.7 | (37.2–48.3) | 50.0 | (41.8–58.3) | 37.8 | (30.8–45.3) | 0.03 | |||
| Does not see any reason to use it | 23.8 | (20.0–27.9) | 24.6 | (19.0–31.2) | 23.2 | (18.3–28.9) | 0.73 | |||
| Unaware of test availability | 2.3 | (1.6–3.3) | 2.5 | (1.5–4.4) | 2.1 | (1.2–3.5) | 0.62 | |||
| Believe to be at low or no risk for HIV infection | 1.8 | (1.0–3.0) | 1.1 | (0.5–2.3) | 2.2 | (1.1–4.4) | 0.14 | |||
| Because it has never been offered | 1.6 | (1.0–2.6) | 1.2 | (0.6–2.4) | 1.8 | (1.0–3.4) | 0.39 | |||
a Weighted proportion by Gile-SS
* p-value refers to the comparison of proportions between: “no previous HIV test” and “negative previous HIV result”