“Sex without fear”: exploring the psychosocial impact of oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis on gay men in England

Table 1 Participant demographics at enrolment for IDIs (n = 41)

Demographics	N
Median age (interquartile range)	37.4 (31.9, 42.7)
Clinic of enrolment
London Sheffield Manchester Brighton	24 9 5 3
Ethnicity
White Black and Minority Ethnicities (BAME)^a	34 7
Place of birth
UK Outside of UK^b	26 15
University educated
Yes	25
No	16
Employed
Yes No	36 5
In a relationship
Yes No	17 24
Sexuality
Gay Bisexual	40 1
Gender
Cis male Trans female	40 1
Symptoms of depression
Yes No	6 35
Engagement in chemsex in the past 3 months
Yes^c No	13 28
PEP use in last year
Yes^d No	14 26
Self-reported STI in last year^e
Yes No	18 21

a BAME ethnicities include Pakistani, Hispanic, Arabic, and mixed ethnicity
b Outside of UK includes Australia, South America, South Africa, and the rest of Europe (1 missing)
c Chemsex use includes 12 participants using GHB, 9 using mephedrone, and 7 using crystal meth
d PEP use excludes one missing response; six participants used PEP more than once
e STIs in last year excludes two participants with missing responses

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