Table 3 Predictors of opting directly assisted HIVST
| Â | Directly assisted HIVST | Crude OR | p-value | Adjusted OR | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | / | N (% among distributed) | OR | (95% CI) | Â | aOR | (95% CI) | Â | ||
Age group | ||||||||||
 18–24 | 21 | / | 243 | (8.6%) | 1.00 |  |  |  |  |  |
 25 and over | 46 | / | 404 | (11.4%) | 1.36 | (0.80–2.38) | 0.269 |  |  |  |
 Missing | 0 | / | 647 | (0.0%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gender identity | ||||||||||
 Cis-MSM | 64 | / | 590 | (10.8%) | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
 Transgender woman | 3 | / | 57 | (5.3%) | 0.46 | (0.11–1.29) | 0.197* | 0.69 | (0.16–2.08) | 0.562 |
 Missing | 0 | / | 647 | (0.0%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employment | ||||||||||
 Unemployed | 11 | / | 143 | (7.7%) | 1.00 |  |  |  |  |  |
 Employed | 55 | / | 502 | (11.0%) | 1.48 | (0.78–3.05) | 0.258 |  |  |  |
 Missing | 2 | / | 647 | (0.3%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Location | ||||||||||
 Rural | 42 | / | 447 | (9.4%) | 1.00 |  |  | – |  |  |
 Urban | 25 | / | 200 | (12.5%) | 0.73 | (0.43–1.24) | 0.233* | – | – | – |
 Missing | 0 | / | 647 | (0.0%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of male sex partners in the past 12 months | ||||||||||
 Less than 3 | 10 | / | 190 | (5.3%) | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
 3 or more | 56 | / | 454 | (12.3%) | 2.53 | (1.32–5.38) | 0.009* | 2.01 | (1.01–4.35) | 0.049** |
 Missing | 3 | / | 647 | (0.5%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
First-time tester | ||||||||||
 No | 40 | / | 294 | (13.6%) | 1.00 |  |  | – |  |  |
 Yes | 27 | / | 353 | (7.6%) | 0.53 | (0.31–0.88) | 0.015* | – | – | – |
 Missing | 0 | / | 647 | (0.0%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Source of information about HIVST | ||||||||||
 Social network | 61 | / | 616 | (9.9%) | 1.00 |  |  |  |  |  |
 Partner notification | 5 | / | 24 | (20.8%) | 2.39 | (0.77–6.20) | 0.093 |  |  |  |
 Provider-initiated | 1 | / | 7 | (14.3%) | 1.52 | (0.09–9.08) | 0.702 |  |  |  |
 Missing | 0 | / | 647 | (0.0%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Community quarantine restrictions | ||||||||||
 None to minimal | 115 | / | 580 | (19.8%) | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
 Maximum | 36 | / | 67 | (53.7%) | 4.70 | (2.79–7.95) | < 0.00* | 4.25 | (2.46–7.43) | < 0.00** |
 Missing | 0 | / | 647 | (0.0%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |