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.