Research Article
Effect of Health Education on Willingness to Undergo HIV Screening among Antenatal Attendees in a Teaching Hospital in North Central Nigeria
Table 5
Willingness to have voluntary HIV screening.
| Variable | Study group (%) | value | Control group (%) | value | Before | After | Before | After | () | () | () | () |
| Willingness to know HIV status | | | | | | | Yes | 95 (78.5) | 111 (94.9) | 0.0002 | 103 (88.8) | 99 (86.8) | 0.65 | No | 26 (21.5) | 6 (5.1) | 13 (11.2) | 15 (13.2) | Willingness to support premarital HIV screening | | | | | | | Yes | 119 (98.3) | 115 (98.3) | 0.64 | 113 (97.4) | 111 (97.4) | 0.69 | No | 2 (1.7) | 2 (1.7) | 3 (2.6) | 3 (2.6) | Reasons for support | () | () | | () | () | | To protect partner | | | | | | | Yes | 105 (88.2) | 112 (97.4) | 0.01 | 109 (96.5) | 104 (93.7) | 0.34 | No | 14 (11.8) | 3 (2.6) | 4 (3.5) | 7 (6.3) | To prevent transmission to children | | | | | | | Yes | 77 (64.7) | 108 (93.9) | 0.001 | 98 (86.7) | 96 (86.5) | 0.96 | No | 42 (35.3) | 7 (6.1) | 15 (13.3) | 15 (13.5) |
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