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

Table 5 Measures of post-test counseling, by HIV status

	HIV-negative		HIV-positive		Total		P-value*
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Post-test: received results
No	2	0.6	1	1.6	3	0.7	0.403
Yes	340	99.4	63	98.4	403	99.3
Post-test: meaning of result explained
No	13	3.8	2	3.2	15	3.7	1.000
Yes	326	96.2	61	96.8	387	96.3
Post-test: given advice on prevention
No	50	14.7	4	6.3	54	13.4	0.105
Yes	289	85.3	59	93.7	348	86.6
Post-test: advised to discuss status***
No	116	34.2	11	17.5	127	31.6	0.008
Yes	223	65.8	52	82.5	275	68.4
Post-test: advised to refer partner***
No	51	15	3	4.8	54	13.5	0.027
Yes	288	85	59	95.2	347	86.5
Post-test: time to ask questions***
No	84	24.8	4	6.3	88	21.9	0.001
Yes	255	75.2	59	93.7	314	78.1
Satisfaction: post-test information was sufficient
No	44	12.9	7	11.1	51	12.7	0.837
Yes	296	87.1	56	88.9	352	87.3
Satisfaction: post-test meeting was helpful overall
No	13	3.8	1	1.6	14	3.5	0.706
Yes	327	96.2	62	98.4	389	96.5
Satisfaction: treated well overall
No	30	8.9	5	7.9	35	8.7	1.000
Yes	308	91.1	58	92.1	366	91.3

*two-sided Fisher's exact
**Denominator includes only respondents who indicated someone should be told
***significant difference between HIV-positive and HIV-negative respondents (p < 0.05)

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