Barriers to Acceptance of Provider-Initiated Testing and Counseling among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Shenyang, China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Willingness for accepting PITC among Shenyang MSM by demographic and sexual behavioral characteristics (unadjusted OR).

Variables	Response	Acceptance (rate, %)	OR	95% CI	𝑃 value
Age (years)	Younger (<28)	133 (57.3)	0.64	0.30–1.35	0.243
	Older (≥28)	102 (49.5)	1
Education	At least high school	142 (56.8)	1.34	0.92–1.96	0.128
	Less than high school	93 (49.5)	1
Occupation	Unemployed	147 (51.2)	1.29	0.86–1.92	0.219
	Employed	85 (56.3)	1
Monthly income (RMB)	≥1000	150 (51.9)	0.81	0.55–1.21	0.307
	<1000	85 (57.0)	1
Looking for sexual partners place	Internet	103 (50.2)	0.76	0.47–1.25	0.281
	Park	77 (57.9)	1.04	0.61–1.77	0.892
	Others	53 (53.0)	1
AIDS prevention knowledge scores	10-11	112 (59.9)	1.55	1.06–2.28	0.024
	<10	123 (49.0)	1
Previous times of HIV testing within VCT	>3	88 (42.5)	2.91	1.43–5.92	0.003
	1–3	131 (67.9)	1.02	0.51–2.05	0.963
	None tested before	16 (42.1)	1
PITC benefited oneself	Yes	182 (53.1)	0.9	0.57–1.42	0.638
	No	53 (55.8)	1
PITC benefited families and friends	Yes	165 (61.1)	2.2	1.49–3.26	<0.001
	No	70 (41.7)	1
Getting AIDS prevention knowledge from radio	Yes	138 (64.8)	2.43	1.65–3.57	<0.001
	No	97 (43.3)	1
Getting AIDS prevention knowledge from TV	Yes	167 (59.9)	2	1.34–2.96	0.001
	No	68 (43.0)	1
Getting AIDS prevention knowledge from newspaper	Yes	170 (61.6)	2.39	1.61–3.56	<0.001
	No	65 (40.4)	1
Getting AIDS prevention knowledge from friends	Yes	164 (57.1)	1.5	1.01–2.23	0.044
	No	71 (47.3)	1
Getting AIDS prevention knowledge from leaflet	Yes	167 (62.8)	2.58	1.74–3.83	<0.001
	No	68 (39.8)	1
Getting AIDS prevention knowledge from Internet	Yes	171 (58.8)	1.85	1.24–2.76	0.003
	No	64 (43.8)	1
Self-identity high risk of HIV	Yes	36 (72.0)	2.44	1.28–4.67	0.007
	No	199 (51.3)	1
Self-identity high risk of STD	Yes	194 (55.9)	1.55	0.97–2.46	0.066
	No	41 (45.1)	1

*PITC: provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling; VCT: HIV voluntary counseling and testing; OR: adjusted odds ratio.