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. 2020 Dec 4;20:1865. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09976-9

Table 3.

Most likely reaction following a reactive self-test result among those who reported that self-testing would be their exclusive testing option by number of lifetime HIV tests (N = 2295)

Number of lifetime HIV testing P-value
1 (N = 535) > 1 (N = 1652) Total (N = 2187)
 n  %  n  %  n  % 0.001
I would try to confirm the result in a health center 175 32.7 550 33.3 725 33.2
I would try to confirm the result in an HIV/AIDS clinic and testing site 136 25.4 533 32.3 669 30.6
I would take another self-test before making any decision 104 19.4 229 13.9 333 15.2
I don’t know how I would react in this situation 47 8.8 86 5.2 133 6.1
I would try to confirm the result in a private laboratory 47 8.8 161 9.7 208 9.5
I would try to confirm the result in an AIDS/Drug NGO counselling and testing site 16 3.0 56 3.4 72 3.3
I would try to forget it and do nothing at all 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.0
Other 10 1.9 36 2.2 46 2.1