Women's views on consent, counseling and confidentiality in PMTCT: a mixed-methods study in four African countries

Hardon, Anita; Vernooij, Eva; Bongololo-Mbera, Grace; Cherutich, Peter; Desclaux, Alice; Kyaddondo, David; Ky-Zerbo, Odette; Neuman, Melissa; Wanyenze, Rhoda; Obermeyer, Carla

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-26

Table 4 Measures of pre-test and post-test counseling, confidentiality, consent, and satisfaction, by country

From: Women's views on consent, counseling and confidentiality in PMTCT: a mixed-methods study in four African countries

	Burkina Faso		Kenya		Malawi		Uganda		Total		Pvalue*
	No.	Col%	No.	Col%	No.	Col%	No.	Col%	No.	Col%
Pre-test: meet with counselor before test
No	3	2,88	5	6,76	11	8,03	9	9,78	28	6,88	0,220
Yes	101	97,12	69	93,24	126	91,97	83	90,22	379	93,12
Pre-test: explain how HIV is transmitted
No	8	7,92	4	5,8	5	3,97	6	7,23	23	6,07	0,604
Yes	93	92,08	65	94,2	121	96,03	77	92,77	356	93,93
Pre-test: explain the meaning of positive and negative results
No	46	45,54	5	7,25	8	6,35	4	4,82	63	16,62	0,000
Yes	55	54,46	64	92,75	118	93,65	79	95,18	316	83,38
Pre-test: give time to ask questions in pre-test counseling
No	33	32,67	7	10,14	8	6,35	15	18,07	63	16,62	0,000
Yes	68	67,33	62	89,86	118	93,65	68	81,93	316	83,38
Found it difficult to test
No	79	79	55	79,71	113	91,13	70	84,34	317	84,31	0,044
Yes	21	21	14	20,29	11	8,87	13	15,66	59	15,69
Consent: ask if you agreed to test
No	6	5,94	4	5,8	10	7,94	11	13,41	31	8,2	0,282
Yes	95	94,06	65	94,2	116	92,06	71	86,59	347	91,8
Consent: explain that you had a choice to agree or refuse
No	15	14,85	6	8,7	14	11,11	26	31,71	61	16,14	0,000
Yes	86	85,15	63	91,3	112	88,89	56	68,29	317	83,86
Confidentiality: explain that results will not be shared
No	27	27	8	11,59	4	3,17	4	4,82	43	11,38
Yes	73	73	61	88,41	122	96,83	79	95,18	335	88,62	0,000
Confidentiality: believe that results have been protected
No	16	15,38	12	16,22	9	6,67	24	26,97	61	15,17	0,001
Yes	88	84,62	62	83,78	126	93,33	65	73,03	341	84,83
Post-test: received results
No	0	0	0	0	1	0,73	2	2,2	3	0,74	0,348
Yes	104	100	74	100	136	99,27	89	97,8	403	99,26
Post-test: information is sufficient
No	24	23,08	4	5,41	8	5,88	15	16,85	51	12,66	0,000
Yes	80	76,92	70	94,59	128	94,12	74	83,15	352	87,34
Post-test: Explain meaning of result
No	3	2,88	5	6,85	2	1,48	4	4,49	14	3,49	0,202
Yes	101	97,12	68	93,15	133	98,52	85	95,51	387	96,51
Post-test: give advice on prevention
No	32	30,77	9	12,33	5	3,7	7	7,87	53	13,22	0,000
Yes	72	69,23	64	87,67	130	96,3	82	92,13	348	86,78
Post-test: advise to discuss status
No	76	73,08	11	15,07	21	15,56	18	20,22	126	31,42	0,000
Yes	28	26,92	62	84,93	114	84,44	71	79,78	275	68,58
Post-test: advise partner referral
No	28	26,92	11	15,07	8	5,93	7	7,87	54	13,47	0,000
Yes	76	73,08	62	84,93	127	94,07	82	92,13	347	86,53
Post-test: time to ask questions
No	47	45,19	7	9,59	14	10,37	19	21,35	87	21,7	0,000
Yes	57	54,81	66	90,41	121	89,63	70	78,65	314	78,3
Satisfaction: post-test meeting was helpful overall
No	1	0,96	3	4,05	3	2,21	7	7,87	14	3,47	0,054
Yes	103	99,04	71	95,95	133	97,79	82	92,13	389	96,53
Satisfaction: treated well overall
No	0	0	6	8,11	3	2,21	26	29,55	35	8,73	0,000
Yes	103	100	68	91,89	133	97,79	62	70,45	366	91,27

*Fischer exact test

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