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Table 1 Sociodemographic and baseline characteristic of study participants

From: Use of a counsellor supported disclosure model to improve the uptake of couple HIV testing and counselling in Kenya: a quasi-experimental study

Outcome variable

Arm of study

Total

P-Value

Intervention(n = 127)

Comparison (n = 149)

Count

%

Count

%

Count (n = 276)

%

 

Age range

 17–24 years

34

26.8%

49

32.9%

83

30.1%

0.021

 25–34 years

65

51.2%

52

34.9%

117

42.4%

 35–44 years

20

15.7%

41

27.5%

61

22.1%

 45 years and above

8

6.3%

7

4.7%

15

5.4%

Median age (IQRa): 28 years (24–35)

Sex of participant

 Female

55

43.3%

71

47.7%

126

45.7%

0.47

 Male

72

56.7%

78

52.3%

150

54.3%

Occupation of participant

 Unemployed

34

26.8%

40

26.8%

74

26.8%

0.989

 Employed

93

73.2%

109

73.2%

202

73.2%

Marital status

 Never married

76

59.8%

46

30.9%

122

44.2%

< 0.001

 Married

47

37.0%

94

63.1%

141

51.1%

 Widowed/separated/divorced

4

3.1%

9

6.0%

13

4.7%

Education

 Primary education and below

16

12.6%

60

40.3%

76

27.5%

< 0.001

 Secondary education

38

29.9%

76

51.0%

114

41.3%

 Tertiary

73

57.5%

13

8.7%

86

31.2%

Participant’s HIV status

 HIV high risk negative

122

96.1%

137

91.9%

259

93.8%

0.156

 HIV positive

5

3.9%

12

8.1%

17

6.2%

Prior testing for HIV

 No

9

7.1%

14

9.4%

23

8.3%

0.489

 Yes

118

92.9%

135

90.6%

253

91.7%

Knowledge of partner’s status

 No

89

70.1%

106

71.1%

195

70.7%

< 0.001

 Yes

24

18.9%

42

28.2%

66

23.9%

 Not sure if partner status has changed

14

11.0%

1

0.7%

15

5.4%

Willingness to invite partner for a HIV test

 No

16

12.6%

17

11,5%

33

12%

0.777

 Yes

111

87.4%

131

88.5%

242

88%

Willingness to test together with partner

 No

16

12.6%

4

2.7%

20

7.2%

0.002

 Yes

111

87.4%

145

97.3%

256

92.8%

  1. Notes: Missing data were excluded from the analysis
  2. aIQR: interquartile range