Differences between acceptability scores: self testing v clinician testing and pre-examination v post-examination surveys
| Subscales and individual items | Clinician testing v self testing | Pre-examination v post-examination | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Difference in mean score (95% CI) | Difference in mean score (95% CI) | ||||||||
| Pre-examination | Post-examination | Self testing | Clinician testing | ||||||
| *0.01⩽p<0.05; **0.0001⩽p<0.01, ***p<0.0001. | |||||||||
| Trust of test result | 0.91 (0.68 to 1.14)*** | 0.96 0.74 to 1.18)*** | 0.04 (0.16 to.025) | 0.11 (0.004 to 0.22)* | |||||
| Believe test result is correct | 0.57 (0.43 to 0.71)*** | 0.53 (0.41 to 0.64)*** | 0.15 (0.02 to 0.28)* | 0.12 (0.04 to 0.19)** | |||||
| Trust the test result | 0.34 (0.23 to 0.45)*** | 0.43 (0.31 to 0.56)*** | −0.11 (−0.22 to.004) | −0.01 (−0.07 to 0.06) | |||||
| Confidence in ability to collect | 1.74 (1.4 to 2.1)*** | 1.20 (0.85 to 1.56)*** | 0.73 (0.35 to 1.11)** | 0.19 (−0.03 to 0.42) | |||||
| Swab not hard to insert | 0.26 (0.12 to 0.40)** | 0.33 (0.20 to 0.46)*** | 0.07 (0.09 to 0.23) | 0.14 (0.01 to 0.26) | |||||
| Not hard to collect specimen correctly | 0.64 (0.51 to 0.77)*** | 0.38 (0.25 to 0.51)*** | 0.22 (0.06 to 0.38)* | −0.03 (−0.12 to 0.07) | |||||
| Sure that collected from right place | 0.84 (0.69 to 0.99)*** | 0.49 (0.35 to 0.64)*** | 0.44 (0.28 to 0.60)*** | 0.08 (−0.009 to 0.18) | |||||
| Comfort of procedure | 0.05 (−0.45 to 0.35) | 0.36 (0.09 to 0.81) | 0.79 (0.38 to 1.20)** | 1.11 (0.73 to 1.49)*** | |||||
| Not bothered by procedure | −0.05 (−0.09 to 0.19) | 0.09 (0.02 to 0.21) | 0.09 (0.04 to 0.23) | 0.24 (0.10 to 0.37)** | |||||
| Procedure not uncomfortable | 0.10 (0.04 to 0.24) | 0.18 (0.04 to 0.32)*** | 0.19 (0.04 to 0.30)* | 0.27 (0.13 to 0.41)** | |||||
| Procedure not painful | 0.05 (−0.06 to 0.16) | 0.01 (−0.12 to 0.10) | 0.16 (0.04 to 0.28)* | 0.13 (0.01 to 0.24)* | |||||
| Procedure not unpleasant | 0.04 (−0.04 to 0.54) | 0.17 (0.04 to 0.32)*** | 0.17 (0.03 to 0.31)* | 0.30 (0.17 to 0.42)*** | |||||
| Procedure not embarrassing | −0.09 (−0.03 to 0.22) | −0.09 (−0.021 to 0.21) | 0.18 (0.08 to 0.27)** | 0.18 (0.06 to 0.29)** | |||||
| Perceived effects of testing | 0.56 (0.25 to 0.86)** | 0.54 (0.24 to 0.84)** | 0.15 (0.07 to 0.38) | 0.14 (0.005 to 0.29) | |||||
| Would feel in control of one’s health | 0.16 (0.01 to 0.31)* | 0.17 (0.02 to 0.32)*** | 0.05 (0.07 to 0.17) | 0.07 (−0.03 to 0.17) | |||||
| Testing is a good thing to do for health | 0.23 (0.13 to 0.34)*** | 0.16 (0.04 to 0.28)*** | 0.03 (0.06 to 0.13) | −0.04 (−0.11 to 0.02) | |||||
| Would recommend testing to a friend | 0.17 (0.05 to 0.29)* | 0.21 (0.11 to 0.32)*** | 0.07 (0.03 to 0.17) | 0.12 (0.04 to 0.19)** | |||||
| Total acceptability scale score | 3.26 (2.37 to 4.14)*** | 3.06 (2.09 to 4.03)*** | 1.71 (0.83 to 2.59)** | 1.56 (0.99 to 2.12)*** | |||||