HSV Serologic Testing for Pregnant Women: Willingness to Be Tested and Factors Affecting Testing

Table 2

Summary of precounseling reasons for choosing not to be tested for HSV-2 on Visit 1. Data are expressed as (%) of participants.

	Subgroup changing from willing to unwilling; (𝑛=115)	Subgroup unwilling to be tested; (𝑛=169)	Subgroup never willing; (𝑛=52)
Cost of the test	𝑛=72	𝑛=126	𝑛=52
Strongly disagree/disagree	100	99	67
Agree/strongly agree	0	1	33
Fear of results	𝑛=72	𝑛=126	𝑛=52
Strongly disagree/disagree	77	73	69
Agree/strongly agree	23	27	31
Knowing is not important to me	𝑛=72	𝑛=126	𝑛=52
Strongly disagree/disagree	99	89	77
Agree/strongly agree	1	11	23
Concern about what will be done with results	𝑛=72	𝑛=126	𝑛=52
Strongly disagree/disagree	40	49	59
Agree/strongly agree	60	51	41
No knowledge of genital herpes	𝑛=72	𝑛=126	𝑛=52
Strongly disagree/disagree	100	95	95
Agree/strongly agree	0	5	10
No knowledge of how genital herpes will affect my baby	𝑛=72	𝑛=126	𝑛=52
Strongly disagree/disagree	100	98	96
Agree/strongly agree	0	2	4
Not at risk for genital herpes	𝑛=71	𝑛=125	𝑛=52
Strongly disagree/disagree	9	15	22
Agree/strongly agree	91	85	78
No benefit to finding out results	𝑛=72	𝑛=126	𝑛=52
Strongly disagree/disagree	75	78	82
Agree/strongly agree	25	22	18
Test would take too much time	𝑛=72	𝑛=126	𝑛=52
Strongly disagree/disagree	4	66	92
Agree/strongly agree	53	34	8
Being tested is too personal	𝑛=72	𝑛=125	𝑛=51
Strongly disagree/disagree	34	47	65
Agree/strongly agree	66	53	35
Having to tell my partner the test results	𝑛=72	𝑛=126	𝑛=52
Strongly disagree/disagree	83	66	65
Agree/strongly agree	17	24	35