Detainees’ reactions to non-disclosure and disclosure of their HIV test results in the re-education-through-labour camps
| Men | Per cent | Women | Per cent | Total | Per cent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total detainees who had blood tests (excludes detainees who were diagnosed HIV positive outside of labour camps) | 535 | 76.4 | 165 | 23.6 | 700 | 100.0 | |
| NEVER TOLD | How did you feel about never being told your blood test results? | 458 | 81.8 | 102 | 18.2 | 560 | 80.0 |
| Positive | Happy/happy not told/it means I am not infected/calm/okay/not worried/relaxed/means I am in good physical health | 117 | 25.5 | 43 | 42.2 | 160 | 28.6 |
| Negative | I want to know my results/will take another HIV test after leaving labour camp | 80 | 17.5 | 10 | 9.8 | 90 | 16.1 |
| Afraid/scared/terrified/panicked/confused/nervous/discontented/unhappy/upset/worried/uncomfortable/annoyed/unfair/unreasonable | |||||||
| Can't do anything about it/fate/life goes on | |||||||
| Don't know if infected | |||||||
| Don't want to think about it | |||||||
| Neutral | Normal/no special feelings/I don’t care/feel nothing/I don’t want to know the results/not worried/not important/okay/not finished analysing blood tests/understandable | 230 | 50.2 | 47 | 46.1 | 277 | 49.5 |
| Other/missing | 31 | 6.8 | 2 | 2.0 | 33 | 5.9 | |
| TOLD RESULTS | But not reported to researchers | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 3 | 0.4 |
| TOLD HIV NEGATIVE | What was your first reaction to your negative result? | 47 | 50.0 | 47 | 50.0 | 94 | 13.4 |
| Positive | Happy/feel comfortable/at least not infected/relaxed/calm/relieved | 28 | 59.6 | 39 | 83.0 | 67 | 71.3 |
| Neutral | Normal/nothing special/don't care/as expected | 18 | 38.3 | 7 | 14.9 | 25 | 26.6 |
| Other/missing | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 2.1 | 2 | 2.1 | |
| TOLD HIV POSITIVE | What was your first reaction to your positive result? | 28 | 65.1 | 15 | 34.9 | 43 | 6.1 |
| Positive | I can accept it | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.7 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Negative | Upset/worried/surprised/hard to accept/disturbed/panic/sad/shocked | 19 | 67.9 | 12 | 80.0 | 31 | 72.1 |
| Neutral | Nothing special/I already knew the results | 7 | 25.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 9 | 20.9 |
| Other/missing | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.7 | |
| How do you feel now? | 28 | 15 | 43 | ||||
| Positive | Good/feel better/optimistic/calm/I have accepted it/not important anymore | 7 | 25.0 | 4 | 26.7 | 11 | 25.6 |
| Negative | Upset/worried/feel numb/sad/have to face the truth | 7 | 25.0 | 6 | 40.0 | 13 | 30.2 |
| Neutral | Normal/nothing special/don’t care/no special feelings | 8 | 28.6 | 5 | 33.3 | 13 | 30.2 |
| Other/missing | 6 | 21.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 14.0 | |