Feasibility and Field Performance of a Simultaneous Syphilis and HIV Point-of-Care Test Based Screening Strategy in at Risk Populations in Edmonton, Canada

Table 1

Characteristics of participants offered syphilis and/or HIV POC testing (𝑁=1,265).

	Accepted (𝑛=1031)	Declined (𝑛=234)	Total (𝑛=1265)	𝑃 value^a
Sex
Female	272 (26.4)	71 (30.3)	343 (27.1)	0.22
Male	759 (73.6)	163 (69.7)	922 (72.9)
Median age (IQR)	30 (25–39)	29 (24–38)	30 (24–39)	0.52
Testing site
Corrections	508 (80.0)	127 (20.0)	635	<0.001
Inpatient addictions	291 (85.8)	48 (14.2)	339
Health facility	39 (73.6)	14 (26.4)	53
Community-based organization	78 (69.6)	34 (30.4)	112
MSM	115 (91.3)	11 (8.7)	126

IQR: interquartile range.
^aCompares participants who accepted and those who declined using chi square and Mann Whitney tests.