Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and impacts of an education program on hepatitis B testing uptake among ethnic Chinese in Australia: results of a randomised controlled pilot study

Table 3 Consultation history with a doctor and hepatitis B testing intention

	Participants received hepatitis B centred message (n = 15)	Participants received liver cancer prevention message (n = 18)	Overall (n = 33)
Visited a doctor in last six months	9 (60%) ^a	12 (67%) ^a	21 (64%) ^a
Discussed about hepatitis B testing and get tested	1 (11%) ^b	3 (25%) ^b	4 (19%) ^b
Discussed about hepatitis B testing but didn’t get tested	3 (33%) ^b	0	3 (14%) ^b
Didn’t discuss hepatitis B testing	5 (56%) ^b	9 (75%) ^b	14 (67%) ^b
Didn’t visit a doctor in last six months	6 (40%) ^a	6 (33%) ^a	12 (36%) ^a
Thought about having a hepatitis B test but didn’t get tested	3 (50%) ^c	3 (50%) ^c	6 (50%) ^c
No intention to have a hepatitis B test	2 (33%) ^c	3 (50%) ^c	5 (42%) ^c

^a Among all participants completed follow-up, that is, denominator was the total number of participants in each group or overall
^b Among participants visited a doctor in last six months in each group or overall
^c Among participants didn’t visit a doctor in last six months in each group or overall

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