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Table 2 Characteristics of participants who preferred home testing compared with clinic-based retesting or no preference

From: The acceptability and cost of a home-based chlamydia retesting strategy: findings from the REACT randomised controlled trial

Baseline characteristics and survey responses

Overall

Prefer clinic or no preference

Prefer home testing

p-valuea

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

All

141 (100)

49 (34.8)

92 (65.2)

 

Age group (years)

   

0.212

  < 30

92 (65.3)

28 (57.1)

64 (69.6)

 30–39

34 (24.1)

17 (34.7)

17 (18.5)

 40–49

8 (5.7)

2 (4.1)

6 (6.5)

  ≥ 50

7 (5.0)

2 (4.1)

5 (5.4)

Risk group

   

0.916

 Women

49 (34.8)

18 (36.7)

31 (33.7)

 Heterosexual men

43 (30.5)

14 (28.6)

29 (31.5)

 MSM

49 (34.8)

17 (34.7)

32 (34.8)

Living arrangements

   

0.034

 Friends/flatmates

75 (53.2)

18 (36.7)

57 (62.0)

 Alone

28 (19.9)

13 (26.5)

15 (16.3)

 Partner

19 (13.5)

9 (18.4)

10 (10.9)

 Parents

15 (10.6)

6 (12.2)

9 (9.8)

 Other

4 (2.8)

3 (6.1)

1 (1.1)

Country of birth

   

0.980

 Australia

74 (52.5)

25 (51.0)

49 (53.3)

 Europe

38 (27.0)

13 (26.5)

25 (27.2)

 Asia

10 (7.1)

4 (8.2)

6 (6.5)

 Other

16 (11.4)

6 (12.2)

10 (10.9)

Previous CT diagnosis

   

0.030

 Yes

15 (10.6)

9 (18.4)

6 (6.5)

 No

126 (89.4)

40 (81.6)

86 (93.5)

Condom use last 3 months

   

0.809

 Inconsistent (never/sometimes)

106 (75.2)

38 (77.6)

68 (73.9)

 Consistent (always)

27 (19.2)

8 (16.3)

19 (20.7)

 Missing

8 (5.7)

3 (6.1)

5 (5.4)

Number of sexual partners last 3 months

   

0.137

 None

5 (3.6)

1 (2.0)

4 (4.4)

 1

36 (25.5)

16 (32.7)

20 (21.7)

 2–5

74 (52.5)

20 (40.8)

54 (58.7)

  > 5

26 (18.4)

12 (24.5)

14 (15.2)

STI symptomsb at baseline

   

0.678

 Yes

58 (41.1)

19 (38.8)

39 (42.4)

 No

83 (58.9)

30 (61.2)

53 (57.6)

Baseline chlamydia specimen collection

   

0.905

 Specimens collected by a clinician

93 (66.0)

32 (65.3)

61 (66.3)

 Self-collected specimens

48 (34.0)

17 (34.7)

31 (33.7)

Comfortable having kit posted to home

   

0.045

 Very comfortable

72 (51.1)

19 (38.8)

53 (57.6)

 Comfortable

49 (34.8)

19 (38.8)

30 (32.6)

 Neutral/uncomfortable

20 (14.2)

11 (22.5)

9 (9.8)

How easy to understand instructions

   

0.948

 Very easy

92 (65.3)

31 (63.3)

61 (66.3)

 Easy

44 (31.2)

16 (32.7)

28 (30.4)

 Neutral/hard

5 (3.6)

2 (4.1)

3 (3.3)

How easy to collect specimen

   

0.259

 Very easy

89 (63.1)

29 (59.2)

60 (65.2)

 Easy

46 (32.6)

16 (32.7)

30 (32.6)

 Neutral/hard

6 (4.3)

4 (8.2)

2 (2.2)

How confident specimen collected correctly

   

0.450

 Very confident

60 (42.6)

20 (40.8)

40 (43.5)

 Reasonably confident

67 (47.5)

22 (44.9)

45 (48.9)

 Neutral/not confident

14 (9.9)

7 (14.3)

7 (7.6)

Any problems collecting the specimens

   

0.559

 No

97 (68.8)

35 (71.4)

62 (67.4)

 Yes

42 (29.8)

13 (26.5)

29 (31.5)

Comfort with SMS reminders

   

0.577

 Comfortable/Very comfortable

126 (89.4)

45 ((91.8)

81 (88.0)

 Neutral/uncomfortable

15 (10.6)

4 (8.2)

11 (12.0)

  1. MSM men who have sex with men, CT Chlamydia trachomatis
  2. aChi2 or Fisher’s exact test was used when appropriate
  3. banal and/or urogenital symptoms