Table 5.
Disadvantages of COVID-19 self-testing.
| Percentage (%) responding in the affirmative (i.e. “Yes”) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural | Urban | Total (male and female) | Total (rural and urban) | Total | |||||
| Female (n = 164) | Male (n = 110) | Female (n = 104) | Male (n = 153) | Rural (n = 274) | Urban (n = 257) | Female (n = 268) | Male (n = 263) |
Total (n = 531) |
|
| I will have to wait too long to know the result | 4 (28.57 %) | 3 (60.00 %) | 4 (20.00 %) | 7 (25.00 %) | 7 (36.84 %) | 11 (22.91 %) | 8 (23.52 %) | 10 (30.30 %) | 18 (26.86 %) |
| I will not be able to access/request treatment afterwards (if positive) | 1 (7.14 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 2 (10.00 %) | 9 (32.14 %) | 1 (5.26 %) | 11 (22.91 %) | 3 (8.82 %) | 9 (27.27 %) | 12 (17.91 %) |
| I will not have a place to make the test in privacy (and keep my results confidential) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 1 (5.00 %) | 4 (14.28 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 5 (10.41 %) | 1 (2.94 %) | 4 (12.12 %) | 5 (7.46 %) |
| It will increase my anxiety/fears about the disease | 0 (0.00 %) | 1 (20.00 %) | 2 (10.00 %) | 5 (17.85 %) | 1 (5.26 %) | 7 (14.58 %) | 2 (5.88 %) | 6 (18.18 %) | 8 (11.94 %) |
| It will be more painful (or not pain-free) than a clinic/lab test | 1 (7.14 %) | 1 (20.00 %) | 3 (15.00 %) | 7 (25.00 %) | 2 (10.52 %) | 10 (20.83 %) | 4 (11.76 %) | 8 (24.24 %) | 12 (17.91 %) |
| I will better use a professional test in a lab/clinic | 0 (0.00 %) | 2 (40.00 %) | 3 (15.00 %) | 5 (17.85 %) | 2 (10.52 %) | 8 (16.66 %) | 3 (8.82 %) | 7 (21.21 %) | 10 (14.92 %) |
| I will have to travel to/wait in a clinic/lab anyway (to confirm, to request care…) | 10 (71.42 %) | 1 (20.00 %) | 2 (10.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 11 (57.89 %) | 2 (4.16 %) | 12 (35.29 %) | 1 (3.03 %) | 13 (19.40 %) |
| I will have to spend money to travel to/wait in a clinic/lab anyway (to confirm, to request care…) | 2 (14.28 %) | 1 (20.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 1 (3.57 %) | 3 (15.78 %) | 1 (2.08 %) | 2 (5.88 %) | 2 (6.06 %) | 4 (5.97 %) |
| My partner/family/workmates will not support me to use it | 1 (7.14 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 2 (7.14 %) | 1 (5.26 %) | 2 (4.16 %) | 1 (2.94 %) | 2 (6.06 %) | 3 (4.47 %) |
| It will be expensive | 0 (0.00 %) | 1 (20.00 %) | 1 (5.00 %) | 1 (3.57 %) | 1 (5.26 %) | 2 (4.16 %) | 1 (2.94 %) | 2 (6.06 %) | 3 (4.47 %) |
| It will be difficult to use/understand the instructions (e.g., due to technical language) | 0 (0.00 %) | 1 (20.00 %) | 1 (5.00 %) | 3 (10.71 %) | 1 (5.26 %) | 4 (8.33 %) | 1 (2.94 %) | 4 (12.12 %) | 5 (7.46 %) |
| I will not trust the results (not accurate/precise) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 2 (10.00 %) | 3 (10.71 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 5 (10.41 %) | 2 (5.88 %) | 3 (9.09 %) | 5 (7.46 %) |
| I will not know what to do next with the results | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 1 (5.00 %) | 2 (7.14 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 3 (6.25 %) | 1 (2.94 %) | 2 (6.06 %) | 3 (4.47 %) |