Evaluation of risks perceived by people using HIV voluntary counseling and testing services
- VernacularTitle:艾滋病VCT服务中求询者感知风险的因子分析
- Author:
Li-Bo TAO
;
Ming WU
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
HIV voluntary counseling and testing;
Service users;
Perceived risks;
Factor analysis
- From:
Chinese Journal of AIDS & STD
2007;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate and analyze structure of risk perceived by people using HIV voluntary counseling and testing services and related factors.Method Two hundred and sixty eight VCT users were selected from 2 CDCs and 2 hospitals in Beijing and their perceived risks in the process of VCT were assessed by using self-administered question- naires.Factor analysis was performed to understand the relationship between different perceived risks,and risks perceived by different users were evaluated.Results Six factors were obtained from the factor analysis which included:fear of priva- cy disclosure,embarrassment,concern over the reliability of HIV tests,cost & time consumption,the tragic outcomes of HIV positive tests,and potential medical expenditures in the future.And the risks perceived by low and high income users were much higher than those perceived by middle income users.Conclusion There are clear structure of risks perceived by people using HIV voluntary counseling and testing,and people with different incomes have different levels of perceived risks.
