Trial reportAIDS and behavior2014
Accuracy of un-supervised versus provider-supervised self-administered HIV testing in Uganda: A randomized implementation trial.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Accuracy of self-diagnosis in conditions commonly managed in primary care: diagnostic accuracy systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of HIV Testing Implementation Strategies in Sub-Saharan African Countries.AIDS and behavior · 2022Pooled it
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- HIV Self-Testing Uptake and Intervention Strategies Among Men in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
- Verification of HIV Self-Testing Use and Results: A Global Systematic Review.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2020Pooled it
- Reliability of HIV rapid diagnostic tests for self-testing compared with testing by health-care workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The lancet. HIV · 2018Pooled it
- Findings from the Tushirikiane mobile health (mHealth) HIV self-testing pragmatic trial with refugee adolescents and youth living in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2023Trial
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- Comparison of practicability and effectiveness between unassisted HIV self-testing and directly assisted HIV self-testing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a randomized feasibility trial.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Trial
- Direct provision versus facility collection of HIV self-tests among female sex workers in Uganda: A cluster-randomized controlled health systems trial.PLoS medicine · 2017Trial
- Findings From the Todurujo na Kadurok (Empowering Youth) HIV Self-Testing and Edutainment Comic Randomized Controlled Trial With Refugee Youth in a Humanitarian Setting in Uganda.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareTrial
- Approaches and impacts of digital health in HIV self-testing uptake & use among populations from low- and middle-income countries: a descriptive systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of public health and emergency · 2025Article
- Assessing the impact of HIV self-testing on diagnosis rates in vulnerable groups in belo horizonte, Brazil: A cross-sectional analysis.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Evaluating the effectiveness of oral HIV self testing according to distribution models in Cameroon.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Understanding Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability of Home-based Comprehensive Sexual Health Care: A Realist Review.AIDS and behavior · 2024Review
- Accuracy of and preferences for blood-based versus oral-fluid-based HIV self-testing in Malawi: a cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Measuring the performance of computer vision artificial intelligence to interpret images of HIV self-testing results.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Can HIV self-testing reach first-time testers? A telephone survey among self-test end users in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Acceptability, feasibility, and accuracy of blood-based HIV self-testing: A cross-sectional study in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Unsupervised HIV self-testing (HST) has potential to increase knowledge of HIV status; however, its accuracy is unknown. To estimate the accuracy of unsupervised HST in field settings in Uganda, we performed a non-blinded, randomized controlled, non-inferiority trial of unsupervised compared with supervised HST among selected high HIV risk fisherfolk (22.1 % HIV Prevalence) in three fishing villages in Uganda between July and September 2013. The study enrolled 246 participants and randomized them in a 1:1 ratio to unsupervised HST or provider-supervised HST. In an intent-to-treat analysis, the HST sensitivity was 90 % in the unsupervised arm and 100 % among the provider-supervised, yielding a difference 0f -10 % (90 % CI -21, 1 %); non-inferiority was not shown. In a per protocol analysis, the difference in sensitivity was -5.6 % (90 % CI -14.4, 3.3 %) and did show non-inferiority. We conclude that unsupervised HST is feasible in rural Africa and may be non-inferior to provider-supervised HST.
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