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Table 2 Disclosure by women living with HIV along the PMTCT cascade

From: HIV status disclosure to male partners among rural Nigerian women along the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV cascade: a mixed methods study

Disclosure status

Newly-diagnosed

ANC

Postpartum

Lost to follow-up

Total

P valuea

N = 25

N = 26

N = 28

N = 21

N = 100

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Disclosed to anyone

 Yes

14 (56.0)

21 (84.0)

24 (85.7)

21 (100.0)

80 (80.8)

0.001

 No

11 (44.0)

4 (16.0)

4 (14.3)

0 (0.0)

19

 No response

0

1

0

0

(19.2) 1

Disclosed to familyb

N = 14

N = 21

N = 24

N = 21

N = 80

 Yes

5 (35.7)

12 (63.2)

12 (52.2)

13 (61.9)

42 (54.5)

0.402

 No

9 (64.3)

7 (36.8)

11 (47.8)

8 (38.1)

35

 No response

0

2

1

0

(45.5) 3

Disclosed to male partnerb

N = 14

N = 21

N = 24

N = 21

N = 80

 Yes

13 (92.9)

17 (81.0)

18 (75.0)

20 (95.2)

68 (85.0)

0.218

 No

1 (7.1)

4 (19.0)

6 (25.0)

1 (4.8)

12 (15.0)

 No response

0

0

0

0

0

  1. Newly-diagnosed: women pregnant and newly HIV-diagnosed within last 7 days
  2. ANC: women pregnant and in antenatal care
  3. Postpartum: Breastfeeding women within 3 months of delivery
  4. Lost-to follow-up: women who had not attended a clinic visit in 3 or more consecutive months
  5. aFisher’s exact test
  6. bParticipants responding “No” to “Disclosed to anyone” have been removed from denominator