Preferred HIV testing services and programme characteristics among clients of a rapid HIV testing programme

Hoyos, Juan; Belza, María José; Fernández-Balbuena, Sonia; Rosales-Statkus, María Elena; Pulido, José; de la Fuente, Luis

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-791

BMC Public Health

Table 3 HIV testing preferences in people receiving rapid HIV testing in a mobile program, by sociodemographic characteristics and behavioral risk factors (Madrid, 2008)

From: Preferred HIV testing services and programme characteristics among clients of a rapid HIV testing programme

	HIV testing services(N=1155)^a						HIV test characteristics (N=2943)^a
	Non-governmental organization	HIV/STI centre	Self-testing at home	Primary care doctor	Pharmacy	Hospital emergency department	Immediate results	Free of charge	Appointment not needed	Private (no one knows me)	Anonymous (no identification required)
	(N=1043)^b	(N=1016)^b	(N=960)^b	(N=1024)^b	(N=951)^b	(N=944)^b	(N=2891)^b	(N=2786)^b	(N=2763)^b	(N=2726)^b	(N=2722)^b
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
All	62.3	60.8	38.9	28.2	20.8	14.2	84.8	81.3	80.8	48.7	45.5
Age group (years)	p=0.000	p=0.091	p=0.010	p=0.780	p=0.018	p=0.669	p=0.000	p=0.023	p=0.219	p=0.009	p=0.001
<25	49.8	56.4	31.2	28.3	14.4	15.4	80.0	83.1	78.7	44.6	40.1
25- 29	64.2	65.2	39.4	26.6	23.7	13.4	86.2	82.3	81.0	48.5	46.4
≥30	69.0	61.9	43.1	29.0	21.7	13.0	87.6	78.5	81.8	51.8	48.6
Country of birth	p=0.980	p=0.034	p=0.189	p=0.000	p=0.159	p=0.899	p=0.821	p=0.000	p=0.559	p=0.463	p=0.967
Spain and other developed countries^c	62.2	63.1	40.2	23.7	21.7	13.9	84.8	79.6	80.3	49.3	45.5
Latin America	62.2	53.0	35.1	43.1	16.1	13.6	85.0	87.5	82.2	46.4	44.9
Other developing countries	60.0	57.9	23.5	22.2	11.1	17.6	81.8	73.1	81.6	49.0	44.7
Educational level	p=0.162	p=0.827	p=0.172	p=0.035	p=0.195	p=0.345	p=0.980	p=0.000	p=0.265	p=0.460	p=0.630
Primary	54.9	57.4	33.3	37.2	20.7	16.2	84.4	88.4	83.3	47.3	44.6
Secondary	62.2	60.5	38.3	28.0	17.9	16.1	85.0	83.2	80.8	50.5	46.7
University	64.7	61.7	41.5	26.0	22.9	12.9	84.9	78.1	80.0	48.3	45.1
Gender/Sexual behaviour	p=0.082	p=0.019	p=0.366	p=0.183	p=0.760	p=0.830	p=0.141	p=0.256	p=0.220	p=0.096	p=0.234
MSM	63.6	64.0	41.9	24.5	20.3	13.0	85.5	81.3	80.6	46.2	47.3
MSW	57.4	54.8	36.9	31.1	22.1	14.7	82.8	79.4	79.1	49.3	43.0
Women	65.4	63.7	38.2	28.7	20.0	14.8	85.9	82.5	82.4	51.1	45.4
Ever been paid for sex	p=0.498	p=0.893	p=0.534	p=0.105	p=0.030	p=0.139	p=0.847	p=0.049	p=0.370	p=0.195	p=0.067
Yes	57.7	59.6	34.8	38.0	7.3	6.7	85.0	86.6	83.2	53.0	51.6
No	62.4	60.6	39.3	27.4	21.4	14.6	84.5	80.8	80.4	48.0	44.5
Ever paid for sex	p=0.716	p=0.960	0.923	p=0.308	p=0.618	p=0.676	p=0.849	p=0.150	p=0.076	p=0.350	p=0.841
Yes	62.8	60.7	39.2	30.4	22.0	13.4	84.9	79.2	78.4	50.1	45.5
No	61.5	60.8	38.7	27.0	20.4	14.5	84.6	81.6	81.4	47.8	44.9
Reported STI (lifetime)	p=0.067	p=0.244	p=0.190	p=0.074	p=0.531	p=0.034	p=0.165	p=0.025	p=0.029	p=0.458	p=0.207
Yes	66.9	63.6	42.6	32.0	21.6	18.8	86.1	83.6	83.5	48.0	46.8
No	60.5	59.4	37.7	26.1	19.6	13.1	84.0	79.8	79.7	49.1	44.1
Previous HIV test	p=0.214	p=0.527	p=0.065	p=0.053	p=0.053	p=0.449	p=0.144	p=0.028	p=0.023	p=0.003	p=0.819
Yes	64.1	59.8	36.1	30.5	18.2	14.8	85.7	82.7	82.3	46.1	45.7
No	60.3	61.7	42.0	25.0	23.4	13.1	83.8	79.4	78.8	51.9	45.2
Reason for testing in this program	p=0.050	p=0.461	p=0.144	p=0.001	p=0.774	p=0.005	p=0.000	p=0.000	p=0.134	p=0.001	p=0.004
Knew about the program	65.7	61.7	41.7	23.6	20.3	11.2	88.5	79.0	82.3	52.9	49.1
Passed by and saw it	58.4	60.9	35.6	34.9	21.5	18.2	82.2	83.4	79.8	45.7	42.8

Note.Percentages refer to the proportion of people who gave the maximum rating for each item.
Note. MSM Men who have sex with men, MSW Men who have sex exclusively with women, STI Sexually transmitted infection.
^a Number of people who could answer this question; ^bNumber of persons who actually answered each item.
^cWestern Europe, North America, Australia, Japan.

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