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Table 1 Sociodemographic factors, sexual risk and behavior, and HIV testing-related behavior and preferences of the HIVST demonstration project participants, disaggregated into reported HIV testing result

From: Outcomes of a community-led online-based HIV self-testing demonstration among cisgender men who have sex with men and transgender women in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study

 

Distributed

Reported results (N = 643)

 

Non-Reactive

Reactive

p-value

n

(% of total of 647)

n

(%)a

n

(%)a

 

Age group

0.441

 18–24

243

(37.6%)

227

(93.4%)

16

(6.6%)

 

 25 and over

404

(62.4%)

367

(91.8%)

33

(8.3%)

 

 Missing

0

(0.0%)

     

Gender identity

0.234b

 Cis-MSM

590

(91.2%)

539

(92.0%)

47

(8.0%)

 

 Transgender woman

57

(8.8%)

55

(96.5%)

2

(3.5%)

 

 Missing

0

(0.0%)

     

Employment

0.023 *

 Unemployed

143

(22.1%)

139

(97.2%)

4

(2.8%)

 

 Employed

502

(77.6%)

455

(91.2%)

44

(8.8%)

 

 Missing

2

(0.3%)

     

Location

0.556

 Urban

447

(69.1%)

182

(91.5%)

17

(8.5%)

 

 Rural

200

(30.9%)

412

(92.8%)

32

(7.2%)

 

 Missing

0

(0.0%)

     

Number of male sex partners in the past 12 months

0.757

 Less than 3

190

(29.4%)

177

(93.2%)

13

(6.8%)

 

 3 or more

454

(70.2%)

417

(92.5%)

34

(7.5%)

 

 Missing

3

(0.5%)

     

Anal course in the past 3 months

0.018 *

 No

309

(47.8%)

293

(95.1%)

15

(4.9%)

 

 Yes

335

(51.8%)

300

(90.1%)

33

(9.9%)

 

 Missing

0

(0.5%)

     

First-time tester

0.743

 No

294

(45.4%)

269

(92.8%)

21

(7.2%)

 

 Yes

353

(54.6%)

325

(92.1%)

28

(7.9%)

 

 Missing

0

(0.0%)

     

Preference for assistance

< 0.00 *

 Unassisted

580

(89.6%)

539

(93.6%)

37

(6.4%)

 

 Directly-assisted

67

(10.4%)

55

(82.1%)

12

(17.9%)

 

 Missing

0

(0.0%)

     

Willingness to distribute HIVST kits to sexual and social network

< 0.00 *

 No

348

(53.8%)

308

(88.5%)

40

(11.5%)

 

 Yes

298

(46.1%)

285

(96.9%)

9

(3.1%)

 

 Missing

1

(0.2%)

     

Source of information about HIVST

0.518b

 Social network

616

(95.2%)

567

(92.6%)

45

(7.4%)

 

 Partner notification

24

(3.7%)

21

(87.5%)

3

(12.5%)

 

 Provider-initiated

7

(1.1%)

6

(85.7%)

1

(14.3%)

 

 Missing

0

(0.0%)

     

Community quarantine restrictions

0.017 *

 None to minimal

574

(88.7%)

526

(92.0%)

46

(8.0%)

 

 Maximum

73

(11.3%)

68

(93.2%)

3

(4.1%)

 

 Missing

0

(0.0%)

     
  1. aDenominator is number of individuals reported HIVST result disaggregated based on baseline characteristic
  2. bFisher exact test. All other comparison of proportions were done using Chi-square test
  3. * significant at p < 0.05
  4. HIVST HIV self-testing