Baseline characteristics | Overall | Clinic arm | Home arm | p-valuea |
---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
All | 445 (100) | 209 (47.0) | 236 (53.0) | Â |
Age group | Â | Â | Â | 0.480 |
  < 30 | 294 (66.1) | 137 (65.6) | 157 (66.5) | |
 30–39 | 111 (24.9) | 54 (25.8) | 57 (24.2) | |
 40–49 | 23 (5.2) | 8 (3.8) | 15 (6.4) | |
 50+ | 17 (3.8) | 10 (4.8) | 7 (3.0) | |
Risk group | Â | Â | Â | 0.491 |
 Women | 150 (33.7) | 71 (34.0) | 79 (33.5) | |
 Heterosexual men | 130 (29.2) | 56 (26.8) | 74 (31.4) | |
 MSM | 165 (37.1) | 82 (39.2) | 83 (35.2) | |
Who they live with? | Â | Â | Â | 0.233 |
 Partner | 65 (14.6) | 31 (14.8) | 34 (14.4) | |
 Friends / flatmates | 237 (53.3) | 109 (52.2) | 128 (54.2) | |
 Parents | 49 (11.0) | 26 (12.4) | 23 (9.7) | |
 Alone | 82 (18.4) | 41 (19.6) | 41 (17.4) | |
 Other | 12 (3.0) | 2 (1.0) | 10 (4.2) | |
Country of birth | Â | Â | Â | 0.870 |
 Australia | 215 (54.8) | 103 (55.4) | 112 (54.4) | |
 Asia | 48 (12.2) | 22 (11.8) | 26 (12.6) | |
 Europe | 118 (30.1) | 55 (29.6) | 63 (30.6) | |
 Other | 11 (2.9) | 6 (3.2) | 5 (2.4) | |
Previous CT diagnosis | Â | Â | Â | 0.841 |
 Yes | 56 (12.6) | 27 (12.9) | 29 (12.3) | |
 No | 389 (87.4) | 182 (87.1) | 207 (87.7) | |
Condom use in last 3Â months (pre-diagnosis) | Â | Â | Â | 0.432 |
 Inconsistent (never/ sometimes) | 333 (81.8) | 162 (84.4) | 171 (79.5) | |
 Consistent (always) | 74 (18.2) | 30 (15.6) | 44 (20.5) | |
Number of sexual partners last 3Â months | Â | Â | Â | 0.397 |
 0 | 26 (5.9) | 10 (4.8) | 16 (6.8) | |
 1 | 117 (26.3) | 62 (29.8) | 55 (23.3) | |
 2–5 | 221 (49.8) | 101 (48.6) | 120 (50.8) | |
  > 5 | 80 (18.0) | 35 (16.8) | 45 (19.1) | |
STI symptomsb at baseline | Â | Â | Â | 0.503 |
 Yes | 196 (44.0) | 96 (45.9) | 100 (42.4) | |
 No | 249 (56.0) | 113 (54.1) | 136 (57.6) |