Table 3

Attitude and willingness to use HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among the respondents

StatementMean±SDMedian
I believe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is effective in preventing HIV.4.30±0.8294.00
I think that people who take HIV PrEP are responsible.4.47±0.8045.00
I believe taking HIV PrEP is safe for use.4.21±0.8614.00
It would be no trouble for me to take HIV PrEP every day.3.81±0.9984.00
I believe the government makes certain that drugs like HIV PrEP are safe for use.4.28±0.8724.00
Mean attitude score4.21±0.6864.20
I am willing to take PrEP to prevent getting HIV.4.44±0.8085.00
I am willing to take pills before and after sex if it would prevent me from getting HIV.4.44±0.8275.00
I am willing to take a pill every day if it would prevent me from getting HIV.4.30±0.9665.00
I would never need to take PrEP (reverse coded).3.88±1.254.00
I would be willing to pay for laboratory tests needed while taking PrEP.3.88±1.0944.00
I would take PrEP even if it was not 100% effective.3.52±1.2514.00
Mean willingness score4.08±0.6854.17