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Table 2 Comparison of home-based and clinic-based HIV test participants

From: Feasibility and acceptability of home-based HIV testing among refugees: a pilot study in Nakivale refugee settlement in southwestern Uganda

Variable

Home-based testers

N=378

N (%)

Clinic-based testers

N=6443

N (%)

P-value*

Female

212 (56)

3395 (53)

0.20

Age category

  

< 0.001

 18–24

112 (30)

2340 (36)

 

 25–34

116 (31)

2172 (34)

 

 35–44

81 (21)

1178 (18)

 

 >45

69 (18)

753 (12)

 

Refugee status

  

< 0.001

 Refugee

353 (93)

5103 (79)

 

 Ugandan national

23 (6)

1330 (21)

 

Years in Nakivale

  

< 0.001

 <1year

7 (2)

754 (12)

 

 1–5years

130 (34)

2409 (37)

 

 ≥5years

233 (62)

2670 (41)

 

 Unknown

8 (2)

610 (10)

 

Country of origin

  

< 0.001

 Uganda

23 (6)

1342 (21)

 

 Rwanda

129 (34)

2371 (37)

 

 DRC

134 (35)

1580 (25)

 

 Burundi

91 (24)

986 (15)

 

 Othera

1 (0.3)

164 (2.5)

 

Relationship status

  

< 0.001

 Married/living together

292 (77)

4053 (63)

 

 Single

39 (10)

1658 (26)

 

 Divorced/separated/widowed

47 (12)

723 (11)

 

Education

  

< 0.001

 No school

96 (25)

1330 (21)

 

 Some/completed primary school

239 (63)

3794 (59)

 

 Some secondary school and aboveb

43 (11)

1309 (20)

 

HIV knowledgec

  

< 0.001

 <75% correct

113 (30)

2609 (41)

 

 ≥75% correct

265 (70)

3834 (60)

 

Previous HIV test

294 (78)

4751 (74)

0.072

HIV tested within the past year

151 (40)

2308 (36)

0.10

Time to clinic

  

< 0.001

 <1h

89 (24)

3099 (48)

 

 ≥1h to clinic

278 (74)

3344 (52)

 

HIV-positive

7 (1.9)

217 (3.4)

0.27

  1. Abbreviations: DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo
  2. *P-value based on Pearson chi-square test
  3. aOther includes Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, and Zaire
  4. bIncludes some/completed secondary school, vocational school, certificate program, bachelors, and post graduate
  5. cQuestionnaire included 4 questions [correct answer]: (1) Do you think that a healthy-looking person can be infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS? [Yes]; (2) Can a person get HIV by sharing a meal with someone who is infected? [No]; (3) Can a pregnant woman infected with HIV or AIDS transmit the virus to her unborn child? [Yes]; (4) Can a woman with HIV or AIDS transmit the virus to her newborn child through breastfeeding? [Yes]