Table 2 Attitudes (concerns, ease, and preference) regarding self-sampling, among women who provided a self-collected vaginal sample (number and percent)
All sites (N = 3,464) | Rural Uttar Pradesh (N = 937) | Hyderabad (N = 912) | Nicaragua (N = 704) | Uganda (N = 911) | Pvalue‡ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Concerns about taking self vaginal sample* † | ||||||
Hurting oneself | 1,804 (55.1) | 374 (40.0) | 793 (87.8) | 355 (65.1) | 282 (31.5) | <0.001 |
Not getting a good sample | 822 (25.1) | 154 (16.5) | 79 (8.7) | 165 (30.3) | 424 (47.4) | <0.001 |
Dropping the brush/equipment to collect the sample | 138 (4.2) | 24 (2.6) | 49 (5.4) | 3 (0.6) | 62 (6.9) | <0.001 |
Other | 26 (0.8) | 3 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 20 (3.7) | 3 (0.3) | <0.001 |
No concern | 561 (17.1) | 383 (41.0) | 0 (0) | 22 (4.0) | 156 (17.4) | <0.001 |
Ease of taking self vaginal sample | ||||||
Easy | 2,597 (75.0) | 672 (71.7) | 489 (53.6) | 619 (88.3) | 817 (89.7) | <0.001 |
Neutral | 704 (20.3) | 260 (27.8) | 300 (32.9) | 53 (7.6) | 91 (10.0) | |
Difficult | 160 (4.6) | 5 (0.5) | 123 (13.5) | 29 (4.1) | 3 (0.3) | |
No response | 3 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.4) | 0 (0) | |
Preferred collector of vaginal sample | ||||||
Self | 2,683 (77.5) | 872 (93.1) | 871 (95.5) | 352 (50.0) | 588 (64.5) | <0.001 |
Provider | 781 (22.5) | 65 (6.9) | 41 (4.5) | 352 (50.0) | 323 (35.5) |