Objective: To apply augmented reality (AR) technology in HIV self-test and to assess its impacts in enhancing testing performance among men who have sex with men (MSM). Design: Parallel randomised controlled, open label, trial. Block randomisation with a block size of 4 would be used to allocate the study arms. Participants: men who have sex with men in Hong Kong Intervention: Self-test assisted by AR vs self-test with instruction sheets Main outcome measures: Effectiveness, usability, learnability, efficiency and satisfaction scores; rate of completion and result upload; acceptability of AR approach in assisting self-test Anticipated results: 200 MSM would be recruited with 50 and 150 in control and intervention group, respectively. The scores in the intervention group are 10% higher than the control group. Proportion of satisfied participants in the intervention group is 10% more than the control group. AR approach is feasible and acceptable to MSM for assisting in HIV self-test.
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Confidence in performing the self-test
Timeframe: Month 3