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. 2021 May 11;18(5):e1003608. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003608

Table 4. Fidelity to community-led HIV self-testing intervention.

Community-led HIVST SOC
n (%) n (%)
(N = 3,960) (N = 3,920)
Heard of self-testing* 3,771 (95.3%) 1,268 (32.4%)
Ever self-tested 2,956 (74.7%) 145 (3.7%)
Self-tested in the last 3 months 2,919 (73.7%) 128 (3.3%)
For most recent self-test: (N = 2956)
Self-test distributor§ 2,775 (93.9%)
 Community health volunteer 2,775 (93.9%)
 Family member 130 (4.4%)
 Other 49 (1.7%)
Self-test collection location||
 Home 2,392 (80.9%)
 Home of community health volunteer 220 (7.4%)
 Other 343 (11.6%)
First test ever 306 (10.4%)
Self-test result**
 Positive†† 70 (2.4%)
 Negative 2,873 (97.4%)
 Invalid 8 (0.3%)
Harmed before or after self-testing‡‡ 18 (0.6%)

HIVST, HIV self-testing; SOC, standard of care.

*1 missing value in the community-led HIVST arm and 1 missing value in the SOC arm.

1 missing value in the community-led HIVST arm.

1 missing value in the community-led HIVST arm.

§2 missing values in the community-led HIVST arm.

||1 missing value in the community-led HIVST arm.

1 missing value in the community-led HIVST arm.

**5 missing values in the community-led HIVST arm.

††40% (n = 28) were newly HIV–positive, 11.4% (n = 8) were previously diagnosed and not on treatment, 48.6% (n = 34) were previously diagnosed and on treatment. Of 36 HIV–positive and not on treatment, 58.3% (n = 21) initiated on antiretroviral therapy.

‡‡1 missing value in the community-led HIVST arm.