Usability and acceptability of oral fluid- and blood-based hepatitis C virus self-testing among the general population and men who have sex with men in Malaysia.

ABSTRACT: Hepatitis C self-testing (HCVST) is emerging as an additional strategy that could help to expand access to HCV testing. We conducted a study to assess the usability and acceptability of two types of HCVST, oral fluid- and blood-based, among the general population and men who have sex with men (MSM) in Malaysia. An observational study was conducted in three primary care centres in Malaysia. Participants who were layman users performed the oral fluid- and blood-based HCVST sequentially. Usability was assessed by calculating the rate of errors observed, the rate of difficulties faced by participants as well as inter-reader (self-test interpreted by self-tester vs interpreted by trained user) and inter-operator concordances (self-test vs test performed by trained user). The acceptability of HC

SUBMITTER: Chan HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10763960 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature