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Table 2 Factors associated with HIVST use

From: Factors associated with HIV self-testing among female university students in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Used (N = 93), N (%)

Crude PRa (95% CI)

p value

Adjusted PRa (95% CI)

p value

Age, years: Mean(SD)

22.6 (1.2)

1.30 (1.12–1.50)

 < 0.01

1.23 (1.07–1.43)

0.01

Study year

 Year 1 & 2

49 (17.0)

Reference

   

 Year 3, 4 & 5

44 (23.2)

1.37 (0.95–1.97)

0.09

–

–

College type

 Science

21 (14.0)

Reference

   

 Arts

72 (21.9)

1.56 (1.00–2.44)

0.05b

–

–

Pregnancy history

 No

82 (18.4)

Reference

   

 Yes

11 (32.4)

1.76 (1.04–2.97)

0.04

–

–

Emergency pill in 6 months

 No

55 (16.1)

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Yes

38 (27.5)

1.71 (1.19–2.46)

 < 0.01

1.33 (0.89–1.98)

0.16

Number of sexual partners

 None

32 (13.8)

Reference

   

 One

55 (24.4)

1.77 (1.19–2.63)

0.01

–

–

 Two or more

6 (27.3)

1.98 (0.93–4.21)

0.08

–

–

Ever had sex

 No

30 (13.2)

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Yes

63 (25.1)

1.91 (1.28–2.83)

 < 0.01

1.54 (0.99–2.40)

0.05

Alcohol use in past 3 months

 No

62 (17.4)

Reference

   

 Yes

31 (25.4)

1.46 (1.00–2.14)

0.05b

–

–

Unprotected sex with > 1 partner of unknown HIV status

 No

84 (18.6)

Reference

   

 Yes

9 (33.3)

1.79 (1.02–3.16)

0.04

–

–

Anal sex in the past 6 months

 No

85 (18.9)

Reference

   

 Yes

8 (28.6)

1.51 (0.82–2.81)

0.19

–

–

Transactional sex in past 6 months

 No

83 (18.5)

Reference

   

 Yes

10 (33.3)

1.80 (1.04–3.10)

0.03

–

–

Injection drug use in the past 6 months

 No

90 (19.1)

Reference

   

 Yes

3 (37.5)

1.96 (0.79–4.90)

0.15

–

–

STI in the past 12 months

 No

65 (17.8)

Reference

   

 Yes

28 (24.8)

1.40 (0.94–2.06)

0.09

–

–

PEPc use in the past 12 months

 No

86 (18.7)

Reference

   

 Yes

7 (38.9)

2.08 (1.13–3.84)

0.02

–

–

Desired to become pregnant in the past 12 months

 No

77 (17.9)

Reference

   

 Yes

16 (33.3)

1.87 (1.19–2.92)

0.01

–

–

  1. aPR (Prevalence Ratio);
  2. bp = 0.049;
  3. cHIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP);
  4. Partner has other partners, partner is circumcised, partner provides financial and material support, partner’s HIV status, partner among populations at high risk, and age of partner (all p < 0.05 for all comparisons in bivariate analysis) dropped at multivariable analysis due to collinearity
  5. The bold values show statistically significant p-values (p<0.05)
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