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Table 1 Original nine items on the HIV/STI sexual risk scale

From: Psychometric assessment of HIV/STI sexual risk scale among MSM: A Rasch model approach

Item

Item content

Frequency

Percent (%)

Item 1

Had unsafe oral sex with MSM

265

75.5

Item 2

Had unsafe anal sex with MSM

139

39.6

Item 3

Had unsafe anal sex with male sex workers

6

1.7

Item 4

Had unsafe oral sex with male sex workers

23

6.6

Item 5

Had unsafe anal sex with male clients

15

4.3

Item 6

Had unsafe oral sex with male clients

40

11.4

Item 7

Had unsafe sex with female sex workers

5

1.4

Item 8

Had unsafe sex with regular sex partners

62

17.7

Item 9

Had concurrent sex partners

208

59.3