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Table 3 Associations with hepatitis C virus screening preference (N = 188)

From: Patient acceptance of universal screening for hepatitis C virus infection

 

Universal Screening

No (row%)

Clinician Judgment

No (row%)

Clinic

  

   General Medicine

32(82.1)

7(17.9)

   Family Medicine

28(77.8)

8(22.2)

   Womens'

36(90.0)

4(10.0)

   General Surgery

30(85.7)

5(14.3)

   Orthopedics

34(89.5)

4(10.5)

Gender

  

   Male

70(84.3)

13(15.7)

   Female

89(85.6)

15(14.4)

Age (quartiles)

  

   16-32

44(89.8)

5(10.2)

   33-47

49(86.0)

8(14.0)

   48-56

31(79.5)

8(20.5)

   57-82

35(83.3)

7(16.7)

Race/ethnicity

  

   White

87(83.7)

17(16.4)

   African/African-American

52(85.3)

9(14.8)

   Asian

8(88.9)

1(11.1)

   Native Am/Alaskan Native

7(100.0)

0(0.0)

   Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and Other

4(100.0)

0(0.0)

Hispanic/Latino

  

   No

143(84.1)

27(15.9)

   Yes

14(93.3)

1(6.7)

How often does your doctor tell you ALL tests being done?

  

   Always/Most of the time

113(83.1)

23(16.9)

   Sometimes/Never

44(89.8)

5(10.2)

Importance of knowing ALL tests being done

  

   Very

136(84.0)

26(16.0)

   Somewhat/Not

24(92.3)

2(7.7)

Ever injected drugs not prescribed by a doctor

  

   Yes

17(81.0)

4(19.0)

   No

142(85.5)

24(14.5)

History of blood transfusion

  

   Yes

36(92.3)

3(7.7)

   No/Don't Know

124(83.2)

25(16.8)

Sexual orientation

  

   Heterosexual/straight

137(84.6)

25(15.4)

   Gay/lesbian/queer

7(100.0)

0(0.0)

   Bisexual

14(87.5)

2(7.4)

Have you been tested for HCV?

  

   Yes

82(87.2)

12(12.8)

   No/Don't Know

78(83.0)

16(17.0)

Tested positive

  

   Yes

16(88.9)

2(11.1)

   No/Don't Know

66(88.0)

9(12.0)

Would you want to know if you had HCV?*

  

   Yes

145(88.4)

19(11.6)

   No/Don't Know

15(65.2)

8(34.8)

  1. *p < 0.01