Table 2. Facility visits made by men in the past 12 months, by visit type and HIV testing history, Malawi, 2019.

Type of visit	All men	Men recently tested	Men in need of testinga	P b
All visits, n	1973	1202	771
Among men who made any visit in the past 12-months, median no. of all visits (IQR)	2.0 (1.0–3.0)	2.0 (2.0–3.0)	2.0 (1.0–2.0)	< 0.001
Visit type, no. (%)				< 0.001
Guardian visit	765 (39)	392 (33)	373 (48)
Client visit	1208 (61)	810 (67)	398 (52)
Guardian visits, n	765	392	373
Among men who made any visit in the previous 12 months, median no. of visits in that time (IQR)	2.0 (1.0–2.0)	2.0 (1.0–3.0)	2.0 (1.0–2.0)	< 0.001
Client relationship with male, no. (%)				< 0.001
Child	318 (42)	155 (40)	163 (44)
Partner	182 (24)	122 (31)	60 (16)
Friend or other relative	199 (26)	84 (21)	115 (31)
Other	66 (9)	31 (8)	35 (9)
Main department where services were accessed, no. (%)				< 0.001
Outpatient	646 (84)	310 (79)	336 (90)
HIV testing and counsellingc	3 (< 1)	2 (1)	1 (< 1)
Antiretroviral therapy	8 (1)	6 (1)	2 (< 1)
Female reproductive healthd	89 (12)	64 (16)	25 (7)
Services for children younger than 5 years	5 (1)	4 (1)	1 (< 1)
Dentist	3 (< 1)	1 (< 1)	2 (< 1)
Other	11 (1)	5 (1)	6 (2)
Client visits, n	1208	810	398
Among men who made any visit in the past 12 months, median no. of client visits in that time (IQR)	2.0 (1.0–3.0)	2.0 (2.0–3.0)	1.0 (1.0–2.0)	< 0.001
Main department services were accessed, no. (%)				< 0.001
Outpatient department	1007 (83)	623 (77)	384 (96)
HIV testing and counsellingc	171 (14)	169 (21)	2 (< 1)
Female reproductive healthd	2 (< 1)	2 (< 1)	0 (0)
Dentist	17 (1)	7 (1)	10 (3)
Other	11 (1)	9 (1)	2 (< 1)

HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; IQR: interquartile range.

^a Defined as never been tested or tested more than 12 months before.

^b χ² test, t-test or Kruskal–Wallis test.

^c Facility visits where HIV testing and counselling was the main reason for men attending the facility.

^d For antenatal care, family planning or delivery.