Table 3.
Preferred setting to acquire an HIV self-testing kit and to confirm a reactive result in men who have sex with men who chose self-testing as their preferred testing option.
| Denmark (N = 73) |
Germany (N = 312) |
Greece (N = 84) |
Portugal (N = 146) |
Spain (N = 543) |
Total (Weighted) (N = 1158) |
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| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | % | |
| In addition to pharmacies: where would you like to be able to acquire the HIV self-test? | |||||||||||
| Through the internet | 31 | 54.4 | 100 | 38.3 | 12 | 17.1 | 24 | 26.7 | 101 | 25.1 | 32.8 |
| It should only be sold in pharmacies | 14 | 24.6 | 52 | 19.9 | 28 | 40.0 | 16 | 17.8 | 137 | 34.1 | 25.5 |
| Supermarkets/drugstores | 4 | 7.0 | 63 | 24.1 | 14 | 20.0 | 25 | 27.8 | 85 | 21.1 | 22.6 |
| Vending machines | 2 | 3.5 | 16 | 6.1 | 10 | 14.3 | 17 | 18.9 | 58 | 14.4 | 9.9 |
| NGO/CBO | 2 | 3.5 | 24 | 9.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3.3 | 17 | 4.2 | 6.5 |
| Others | 4 | 7.0 | 6 | 2.3 | 6 | 8.6 | 5 | 5.6 | 4 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
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Preferred setting to confirm
a reactive self-test |
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| Primary care | 36 | 49.3 | 137 | 44.2 | 2 | 2.4 | 24 | 16.6 | 133 | 24.6 | 34.0 |
| Secondary health setting | 11 | 15.1 | 94 | 30.3 | 31 | 36.9 | 35 | 24.1 | 204 | 37.7 | 32.0 |
| Sexual health clinic | 18 | 24.7 | 36 | 11.6 | 30 | 35.7 | 39 | 26.9 | 154 | 28.5 | 19.7 |
| In a NGO/CBO (office or mobile unit) | 8 | 11.0 | 30 | 9.7 | 8 | 9.5 | 38 | 26.2 | 36 | 6.7 | 9.8 |
| Private laboratory | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 2.3 | 10 | 11.9 | 7 | 4.8 | 10 | 1.8 | 2.9 |
| Others | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.9 | 3 | 3.6 | 2 | 1.4 | 4 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
NGO: non-governmental organization. CBO: community-based organization.