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 ().
Accepted ()
Declined ()
Total ()
valuea
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.