Experience of social harms among female sex workers following HIV self-test distribution in Malawi: results of a cohort study

Table 2 Factors associated with regret/relationship problems as reported at the end-line (3 month) interview

Variable	Category	Forced to use HIVST (Reported at 3 months)^a			Forced to disclose results of HIVST (Reported at 3 months)^a
		n/N (%)^a	OR (95% CI)	p-value	n/N (%)^a	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Initiator of HIVST	Self	1/60(1.7)	1	0.01	3/60(5.0)	1	0.04
Initiator of HIVST	Other	9/44(20.5)	15.17(1.84—124.87)	0.01	8/44(18.2)	4.22(1.05—16.97)	0.04
HIVST result	Unreactive	4/67(6.0)	1	0.10	6/67(9.0)	1	0.47
HIVST result	Reactive	6/37(16.2)	3.05(0.80—11.60)	0.10	5/37(13.5)	1.59(0.45—5.61)	0.47
Age range (years)	16–25	3/66(4.5)	1	0.33	6/66(9.1)	1	0.49
	26–35	5/53(9.4)	2.21(0.50—9.83)		3/53(5.7)	0.59(0.14—2.51)
	> = 36	2/12(16.7)	4.08(0.59—28.39)		2/12(16.7)	1.92(0.33—11.23)
Maximum levels of educational attainment	Primary or less	8/82(9.8)	1	0.29	8/82(9.8)	1	0.55
Maximum levels of educational attainment	Secondary or higher	2/49(4.1)	0.42(0.09—2.10)	0.29	3/49(6.1)	0.65(0.16—2.62)	0.55
Total n/N (%)		10/131(7.6)			11/131(8.4)

^aMissing responses were not included in the table, 27/131 (20.6%) of respondents had missing responses to the question on forced testing and 27/31 (20.6%) had missing responses to the question on whether they had been forced to disclose their test results. There was no missing data for the other covariates and no invalid or uncertain HIVST test results reported

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