Assessing patients’ attitudes to opt-out HIV rapid screening in community dental clinics: a cross-sectional Canadian experience

Table 3 Estimated unadjusted odds ratios (OR) using multivariate logistic regression analysis HIV screening test

	HIV screening Declining N (%)	HIV screening Accepting N (%)	OR^b (95 % CI)	P value
Gender	364 (70)	155 (30)
Male	280 (77)	93 (60)	0.89 (0.69–1.08)	0.215
Female	84 (23)	62 (40)	2.36 (2.09–3.01)	0.047
Being tested previously^a	223 (70)	95 (30)
Less than 3 months	100 (44.8)	25 (26.3)	2.42 (2.11–2.87)	0.001
More than 3 months	123 (55.2)	70 (73.4)	0.93 (0.73–1.01)	0.109
Identifiable risk for HIV infection^c	364 (70)	155 (30)
Yes	250 (68.7)	97 (62.6)	1.88 (1.19–2.11)	0.060
No	114 (31.3)	58 (37.4)	0.94 (0.77–0.99)	0.271

Data from this table refers to the 519 respondents who completed the questionnaire
^aThe data refers only to those who reported being screened for HIV at any time in their lives. 201 were never screened for HIV and are not shown
^bThe reference group was ‘HIV screening—declining’. The coefficient estimated indicated likelihood of accepting the HIV screening
^cIncluded all 519 respondents including those who reported having had unprotected intercourse and/or using of intravenous drugs for the past 3 months

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