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Table 3 Proportion of new STI patients who were 'HIV tested', 'offered HIV testing' and 'declined HIV testing' in the intervention and control groups.

From: The impact of provider-initiated (opt-out) HIV testing and counseling of patients with sexually transmitted infection in Cape Town, South Africa: a controlled trial

 

Intervention

N = 7

Control

N = 14

P value

*(p < 0.05)

HIV tested

(% of total STI patients tested for HIV)

56.4% (CI: 49.4-63.2)

42.7% (CI: 31.4-53.8)

0.037*

Clinic range

39 to 71.1%

7.5 to 80.6%

0.033*

Offered HIV testing

(% of total STI patients offered HIV testing)

76.8%

(CI: 68.8 to 84.0)

50.7%

(CI: 34.3 to 72)

0.0029*

Clinic range

63% to 84%%

7.8% to 92.1%

0.0076*

Declined HIV testing**

(% of STI patients offered , but declined testing)

26.7%

(CI:18.70 to 4.7)

13.5%

(CI: 7.6 to 19.4)

0.0086*

Clinic range

Range: 14 to 38%

Range: 0 to 33%

0.71

  1. **Two-sided t-test since no direction was hypothesized.