Table 2 Participant HIVST Kit Experiences
Phase 2a | Phase 2b | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oral fluid n = 20 (%) | Finger stick n = 20(%) | Oral fluid n = 32(%) | Finger stick n = 8(%) | |
Did you complete the HIV test today? | ||||
Yes | 20 (100) | 20 (100) | 31 (97) | 8 (100) |
No | – | – | 1 (3) | – |
Were you able to collect the sample? | ||||
Yes | 19 (95) | 20 (100) | – | – |
No | 1 (5) | – | – | – |
How comfortable did you feel collecting your own sample with the test kit? | ||||
Very comfortable | 16 (84) | 14 (70) | 24 (77) | 6 (75) |
Somewhat comfortable | 3 (16) | 4 (20) | 6 (19) | 2 (25) |
Somewhat uncomfortable | – | 2 (10) | 1 (3) | – |
How much pain did you feel when you collected your sample with the test kit? | ||||
No pain | 19 (100) | 17 (85) | 31 (100) | 8 (100) |
Not a lot of pain | – | 1 (5) | – | – |
A little pain | – | 2 (10) | – | – |
How easy or difficult was it to collect your sample with the test? | ||||
Very easy | 18 (95) | 12 (60) | 29 (94) | 7 (88) |
Somewhat easy | 1 (5) | 5 (25) | 2 (6) | 1 (13) |
Somewhat difficult | – | 3 (15) | – | – |
Most difficult part | ||||
Too many steps/too complicated | – | 1 | – | – |
Have a hard time with blood | – | 2 | – | – |
How easy or difficult was it to conduct the test once you had collected the sample? | ||||
Very easy | 18 (95) | 13 (65) | 27 (87) | 7 (88) |
Somewhat easy | 1 (5) | 7 (45) | 4 (13) | 1 (13) |
How easy or difficult was it to interpret the test results – in other words – to know if the test was positive or negative? | ||||
Very easy | 18 (95) | 18 (90) | 31 (100) | 8 (100) |
Somewhat difficult | 1 (5) | 2 (10) | – | – |
Do you trust the test result, meaning do you believe the result? | ||||
Yes | 19 (100) | 20 (100) | 31 (100) | 8 (100) |
How confident are you that you used the test correctly? | ||||
Very confident | 17 (89) | 11 (55) | 29 (94) | 7 (88) |
Somewhat confident | 2 (11) | 5 (25) | 2 (6) | 1 (13) |
Somewhat unconfident | – | 4 (20) | – | – |
How confident are you that you could use the test correctly in the future on your own? | ||||
Very confident | 19 (95) | 20 (100) | 31 (100) | 8 (100) |
Somewhat confident | 1 (5) | – | – | – |
Take a moment to think about when you used the HIV test. What did you like most about the test? (Please pick your top answer) | ||||
Trusted that results were accurate | – | 3 (15) | 1 (3) | – |
That the test was easy to use | 4 (20) | 5 (25) | 8 (26) | 1 (13) |
That the test was comfortable to use | 2 (10) | 1 (5) | 1 (3) | 1 (13) |
That I could do the test myself | 14 (70) | 10 (50) | 19 (61) | 5 (63) |
It was a new way to test for HIV | – | 1 (5) | 1 (3) | 1 (13) |
It used saliva to test for HIV | – | – | 1 (3) | – |
What did you like least about the test? | ||||
Fear of Pricking | – | 3 (15) | – | – |
Test was Painful | – | – | – | 1 (13) |
Waiting Time | – | – | – | 1 (13) |
There was nothing I disliked about the test | 20 (100) | 17 (85) | 31 (100) | 6 (75) |
For your next HIV test, would you prefer to go to the clinic or test yourself at home? | ||||
Health Worker | – | – | 8 (20) | – |
Do it yourself at home | 20 (100) | – | 32 (80) | – |
If you would prefer to test yourself at home, would you like someone to be there with you? | ||||
Yes | 11 (55) | – | 6 (19) | – |
No | 9 (45) | – | 26 (81) | – |
If you would like to have someone with you, who would you like to be there? | ||||
A friend | – | – | 1 (17) | – |
A family member | – | – | 4 (67) | – |
A sexual partner | – | – | 1 (17) | – |
If HIV self-test kits were available (like the one you used today), how likely is it that you would use one to test yourself for HIV? | ||||
Very likely | 18 (90) | – | 40 (100) | – |
Somewhat likely | 1 (5) | – | – | – |
Somewhat unlikely | 1 (5) | – | – | – |
If both tests (blood and saliva) were available in the future, which would you likely pick? | ||||
Blood | 6 (30) | – | 11 (28) | – |
Saliva | 11 (55) | – | 29 (72) | – |
No preference, I like both | 3 (15) | – | – | – |
How much would you pay for this HIV test kit (oral or blood, respectively)? | ||||
Range | 10–200 | 10–300 | 0–300 | – |