Table 2 Knowledge levels of respondents of high-risk groups about HIV self-tests at baseline
Variables | Total | Iranian high-risk populations | P value* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FSWs | MSM | TGs | ||||||
| Â | Number (%) | FSWs (%) | Sexual partner (%) | MSM (%) | Sexual partner (%) | TGs (%) | Sexual partner (%) | |
Having knowledge about self-tests | 0.030 | |||||||
Yes | 298 (32.0) | 134 (29.5) | 16 (26.7) | 124 (35.2) | 9 (56.3) | 12 (27.3) | 3 (75.0) | Â |
No | 632 (68.0) | 320 (70.5) | 44 (73.3) | 228 (64.8) | 7 (43.8) | 32 (72.7) | 1 (25.0) | Â |
How did you get information on the HIV self-test? | 0.792 | |||||||
Internet | 11 (0.04) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (0.08) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
Family | 11 (0.04) | 4 (0.03) | 6 (0.38) | 1 (0.01) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
Friends | 186 (0.61) | 128 (0.9) | 7 (0.44) | 44 (0.35) | 1 (0.13) | 6 (0.50) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
Social networks | 18 (0.06) | 1 (0.01) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (0.12) | 1 (0.13) | 1 (0.08) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
Counseling Centers of Behavioral Diseases | 79 (0.26) | 7 (0.05) | 3 (0.18) | 56 (0.44) | 6 (0.75) | 4 (0.33) | 3 (100.0) | Â |
Have you ever had an HIV self-test? | 0.550 | |||||||
Yes | 38 (4.1) | 17 (3.7) | 2 (3.3) | 16 (4.5) | 2 (12.5) | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
No | 889 (95.6) | 437 (96.3) | 58 (96.7) | 334 (94.9) | 14 (87.5) | 42 (95.5) | 4 (100.0) | Â |
Which services would you like to receive after your HIV test? | 0.691 | |||||||
Confirmatory tests | 218 (23.4) | 134 (129.5) | 21 (35.0) | 58 (16.5) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (11.4) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
Educational advice | 471 (50.6) | 254 (55.9) | 31 (51.7) | 163 (46.3) | 5 (31.3) | 14 (31.8) | 4 (100.0) | Â |
Psychiatric counseling | 139 (14.9) | 33 (73) | 4 (6.7) | 78 (22.2) | 5 (31.3) | 19 (43.2) | 0 (0.0) | Â |
Other | 102 (11.0) | 33 (7.3) | 4 (6.7) | 53 (15.1) | 6 (37.5) | 6 (13.6) | 0 (0.0) | Â |