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Table 1 Demographic data on adoption, participation and return (aggregate level)

From: Pilot implementation of a home-care programme with chlamydia, gonorrhoea, hepatitis B, and syphilis self-sampling in HIV-positive men who have sex with men

 

Offered sampling kit

Accepted sampling kit

Returned sampling kit

n

mean age

Western country of birth (%)

n

mean age

Western country of birth (%)

n

Mean age

Western country of birth (%)

Yes

110

47

84.5

64

46

87.5

29a

50b

89.3a

No

19

43

57.9

46

47

78.3

35

na

na

  1. aOne patient refused contact after returning sampling kit and was excluded in further analyses
  2. bn = 25, 1 MSM excluded, missing data in 3 MSM
  3. na not available; Demographic data from MSM who accepted a sampling kit, but did not return the sampling kit was not available due to medical ethical considerations