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Table 2 Acceptability of self-testing for SARS-CoV-2

From: Self-testing for SARS-CoV-2 in São Paulo, Brazil: results of a population-based values and attitudes survey

 

Female

n = 184 (44.12%)

Male

n = 233 (55.87%)

P-value

Total

n = 417 (100.00%)

Awareness of self-testing devicesa

0.0229

 

 SARS-CoV-2

40 (21.74)

31 (13.30)

 

71 (17.03)

 HIV

2 (1.09)

0 (0.00)

 

2 (0.48)

 HCV

1 (0.54)

0 (0.00)

 

1 (0.24)

 Hypertension

14 (7.61)

20 (8.58)

 

34 (8.15)

 Pregnancy

48 (26.09)

68 (29.18)

 

116 (27.82)

 Diabetes/glycaemia

149 (80.98)

178 (76.39)

 

327 (78.42)

Agreement with the concept of SARS-CoV-2 self-testa

136 (73.91)

140 (60.09)

0.003

276 (66.19)

Willingness to pay

139 (75.54)

150 (64.38)

0.014

289 (69.30)

 Amount, USD (mean, SD)

5.64 USD (SD 4.35)

5.63 USD (SD 5.06)

0.99

5.64 USD (SD 4.73)

Likelihood of using a self-testa

0.596

 

 Very unlikely

67 (36.41)

63 (27.04)

 

130 (31.18)

 Unlikely

14 (7.61)

37 (15.88)

 

51 (12.23)

 Neutral

11 (5.98)

20 (8.58)

 

31 (7.43)

 Likely

67 (36.41)

84(36.05)

 

151 (36.21)

 Very likely

25 (13.59)

29 (12.45)

 

54 (12.95)

  1. aPercentages took into consideration missing values for each variable, i.e., they were not calculated based on the total sample of 417 respondents