Table 3 Acceptability of HIVST among an RDS sample of MSM. stratified by the report of prior HIV testing in 12 Brazilian cities. 2016
Variables | No previous HIV test | Previous negative HIV result | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bivariate | Multivariate | Bivariate | Multivariate | |||||||
Wt%a | Unadj ORb | p-value | AdjORc | p-value | Wt%a | Unadj ORb | p-value | AdjORc | p-value | |
Age | ||||||||||
≥ 25 years | 34.2 | 1.00 | 0.07 | 48.3 | 1.00 | 0.53 | ||||
< 25 years | 48.3 | 1.79 (0.93–3.45) | – | – | 51.4 | 1.13 (0.76–1.66) | – | – | ||
Race | ||||||||||
Black | 34.6 | 1.00 | 0.30 | 49.9 | 1.00 | 0.09 | ||||
Brown/mixed race | 44.5 | 1.51 (0.83–2.74) | – | – | 44.0 | 0.78 (0.45–1.36) | – | – | ||
White | 48.6 | 1.79 (0.86–3.70) | – | – | 57.4 | 1.35 (0.76–2.40) | – | – | ||
Schooling | 0.01 | < 0.001 | ||||||||
Primary/Incomplete secondary education | 35.5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 30.1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
Complete secondary/Incomplete undergraduate education | 53.1 | 2.05 (1.16–3.64) | 1.74 (1.01–3.01) | 0.04 | 53.7 | 2.69 (1.70–4.26) | 2.17 (1.34–3.51) | < 0.001 | ||
Complete undergraduate education | 20.4 | 0.46 (0.11–1.93) | 0.86 (0.27–2.76) | 0.81 | 67.4 | 4.80 (2.58–8.92) | 3.39 (1.75–6.56) | < 0.001 | ||
Socio-economic status groups | ||||||||||
D-E (Low) | 32.5 | 1.00 | 0.07 | 27.0 | 1.00 | < 0.001 | ||||
C (Middle) | 40.6 | 1.41 (0.67–2.96) | – | – | 48.5 | 2.54 (1.47–4.36) | – | – | ||
A-B (High) | 52.6 | 2.30 (1.08–4.89) | – | – | 56.1 | 3.45 (2.02–5.88) | – | – | ||
Marital status | ||||||||||
Married/living together | 43.7 | 1.00 | 0.91 | – | – | 55.2 | 1.00 | 0.33 | – | – |
Single/separated/widowed | 42.6 | 0.95 (0.42–2.16) | – | – | 49.2 | 0.78 (0.47–1.28) | – | – | ||
Self-report of discrimination during the lifetime | ||||||||||
No | 29.3 | 1.00 | < 0.001 | 1.00 | 38.8 | 1.00 | 0.001 | – | – | |
Yes | 54.4 | 2.87 (1.69–4.87) | 2.00 (1.18–3.38) | 0.01 | 54.6 | 1.89 (1.27–2.82) | – | – | ||
Medical appointment in the last 12 months | ||||||||||
No | 33.6 | 1.00 | 0.01 | 1.00 | 48.6 | 1.00 | 0.75 | |||
Yes | 49.9 | 1.96 (1.12–3.40) | 1.74 (1.01–2.99) | 0.04 | 50.7 | 1.08 (0.64–1.82) | – | – | ||
Took part of any workshop on STI and HIV/AIDS in the last 12 months | ||||||||||
No | 39.1 | 1.00 | 0.03 | 53.1 | 1.00 | 0.03 | ||||
Yes | 58.3 | 2.17 (1.03–4.57) | – | – | 41.2 | 0.61 (0.39–0.96) | – | – | ||
Knowledge about HIV/AIDS (IRT score)d | ||||||||||
Low | 38.3 | 1.00 | 0.06 | 1.00 | 31.7 | 1.00 | < 0.001 | 1 | ||
Middle | 39.8 | 1.06 (0.57–1.98) | 1.13 (0.66–1.96) | 0.64 | 52.6 | 2.39 (1.37–4.14) | 2.38 (1.44–3.92) | < 0.001 | ||
High | 59.9 | 2.41 (1.08–5.37) | 2.45 (1.05–5.70) | 0.04 | 61.2 | 3.39 (1.85–6.24) | 2.79 (1.58–4.93) | < 0.001 | ||
Self-perception of risk | ||||||||||
Low | 38.0 | 1.00 | 0.67 | 37.3 | 1.00 | 0.11 | ||||
Middle | 45.9 | 1.38 (0.72–2.62) | – | – | 51.7 | 1.79 (0.95–3.37) | – | – | ||
High | 42.6 | 1.21 (0.40–3.64) | – | – | 56.4 | 2.17 (0.91–5.15) | – | – | ||
Took part of LGBT NGO | ||||||||||
No | 39.5 | 1.00 | 0.02 | 1.00 | 46.6 | 1.00 | < 0.001 | 1.00 | ||
Yes | 65.0 | 2.84 (1.12–7.17) | 3.26 (1.29–8.25) | 0.01 | 64.1 | 2.04 (1.23–3.39) | 2.06 (1.28–3.32) | 0.003 | ||
Condomless receptive anal sex (past 6 months) | ||||||||||
Always used condoms | 42.5 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 45.1 | 1.00 | 0.01 | 1.00 | |||
Irregular use of condoms | 42.8 | 1.01 (0.57–1.76) | – | – | 56.5 | 1.58 (1.09–2.28) | 1.46 (1.00–2.15) | 0.049 | ||