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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2018 Jan;30(1):47-55.
doi: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1360997. Epub 2017 Aug 21.

Offering self-administered oral HIV testing to truck drivers in Kenya to increase testing: a randomized controlled trial

Elizabeth A Kelvin  1 , Gavin George  2 , Eva Mwai  3 , Eston Nyaga  3 , Joanne E Mantell  4 , Matthew L Romo  1 , Jacob O Odhiambo  3 , Lila Starbuck  1 , Kaymarlin Govender  2
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Offering self-administered oral HIV testing to truck drivers in Kenya to increase testing: a randomized controlled trial

Elizabeth A Kelvin et al. AIDS Care. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

We conducted a randomized controlled trial among 305 truck drivers from two North Star Alliance roadside wellness clinics in Kenya to see if offering HIV testing choices would increase HIV testing uptake. Participants were randomized to be offered (1) a provider-administered rapid blood (finger-prick) HIV test (i.e., standard of care [SOC]) or (2) a Choice between SOC or a self-administered oral rapid HIV test with provider supervision in the clinic. Participants in the Choice arm who refused HIV testing in the clinic were offered a test kit for home use with phone-based posttest counseling. We compared HIV test uptake using the Mantel Haenszel odds ratio (OR) adjusting for clinic. Those in the Choice arm had higher odds of HIV test uptake than those in the SOC arm (OR = 1.5), but the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.189). When adding the option to take an HIV test kit for home use, the Choice arm had significantly greater odds of testing uptake (OR = 2.8, p = 0.002). Of those in the Choice arm who tested, 26.9% selected the SOC test, 64.6% chose supervised self-testing in the clinic, and 8.5% took a test kit for home use. Participants varied in the HIV test they selected when given choices. Importantly, when participants who refused HIV testing in the clinic were offered a test kit for home use, an additional 8.5% tested. Offering truck drivers a variety of HIV testing choices may increase HIV testing uptake in this key population.

Keywords: Diagnostic tests; HIV; HIV testing; Kenya.

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