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Table 2 PrEP-related stigma and PrEP use, other attitudes related to PrEP and number of sex partners

From: PrEP-related stigma and PrEP use among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada

 

PrEP-related stigma

  
 

Total

Low

Intermediate

High

 
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

PrEP use

         

Never user

531

45%

109

44%

356

46%

66

41%

< 0.001

Former user

189

16%

32

13%

111

14%

46

29%

 

Current user

464

39%

109

44%

307

40%

48

30%

 

Total

1184

 

250

 

774

 

160

  

PrEP regimen

         

Daily

413

66%

98

71%

265

68%

50

54%

0.001

On-demand

103

17%

16

11%

58

15%

29

31%

 

Intermittently

103

17%

23

17%

66

17%

14

15%

 

Total

619

 

137

 

389

 

93

  

PrEP indicated

         

No

343

32%

81

34%

235

34%

27

18%

0.001

Yes

738

68%

154

66%

465

66%

119

82%

 

Total

1081

 

235

 

700

 

146

  

“Only condoms prevent HIV” a

         

Strongly Disagree

234

20%

76

30%

136

18%

22

14%

< 0.001

Disagree

450

38%

92

37%

303

40%

55

36%

 

Agree

299

25%

44

18%

206

27%

49

31%

 

Strongly Agree

193

16%

39

16%

121

16%

33

21%

 

Total

1176

 

251

 

766

 

159

  

“I am worried about STIs” b

         

Strongly Disagree

40

3%

10

4%

21

3%

9

6%

0.012

Disagree

187

16%

45

18%

124

16%

18

12%

 

Agree

539

46%

104

41%

374

49%

61

39%

 

Strongly Agree

406

35%

94

37%

244

32%

68

44%

 

Total

1172

 

253

 

763

 

156

  

Male partners past 6 m, median(Q1,Q3)

3(1–6)

 

3 (1–6)

 

3(1–6)

 

3(2–9)

 

0.172

Total

1010

 

208

 

664

 

138

  
  1. a”Condoms are the only truly effective form of HIV prevention”. b”I am worried about getting STIs like gonorrhea, chlamydia & syphilis”