The Internet and HIV study: design and methods

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Number of London gay/bisexual men who participated in the Internet and HIV study 2002–2003

	Quantitative arm					Qualitative arm
Recruitment site	HIV positive	HIV negative	Never-tested	Total		HIV positive	HIV negative	Never-tested	Total
HIV treatment clinic	523	-	-	523		20	-	-	20
HIV testing & sexual health clinics*	15**	389	-	404		-	20	-	20
Community 2002	138	592	184	914	}	1	18	4	23
Community 2003	88	361	94	543	}
Internet*** 2002	142	680	396	1218	}	17	35	13	65
Internet*** 2003	67	315	197	579	}

* An additional 435 heterosexual men and 450 heterosexual women completed a questionnaire in the HIV testing clinic for the quantitative arm
* * Fifteen men received an HIV positive diagnosis when they returned for their test result
* * * An additional 3279 gay/bisexual men living in the UK but outside London completed the questionnaire online in 2002, 1944 in 2003 for the quantitative arm

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