Table 1 Characteristics of participants at pre-test who completed all study visits (n = 281)
Total (n = 281) | Experimental group (n = 158) | Control group (n = 123) | Difference between study conditions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | χ2 | p | |
Education1 | ||||||||
Low | 93 | 33.1 | 59 | 37.3 | 34 | 27.6 | ||
High | 187 | 66.5 | 98 | 62.0 | 89 | 72.4 | 3.07 | 0.08 |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
non-Dutch | 27 | 9.6 | 21 | 13.3 | 6 | 4.9 | ||
Dutch | 249 | 88.6 | 134 | 84.8 | 115 | 93.5 | 5.68 | 0.02 |
Sexual orientation | ||||||||
men only | 259 | 92.2 | 146 | 92.4 | 113 | 91.9 | ||
men and women | 12 | 4.3 | 7 | 4.4 | 5 | 4.1 | 0.02 | 0.89 |
Ever tested for STI2 | 104 | 37.0 | 62 | 39.2 | 42 | 34.1 | 0.83 | 0.36 |
Tested positive for STI2 | 22 | 21.2 | 10 | 16.1 | 12 | 30.8 | 2.72 | 0.10 |
Tested for HIV | 175 | 62.3 | 97 | 61.4 | 78 | 63.4 | 0.19 | 0.66 |
Tested HIV positive | 6 | 3.4 | 3 | 3.1 | 3 | 3.8 | 0.08 | 0.96 |
Relationship status2 | 3.46 | 0.33 | ||||||
no partners | 21 | 7.5 | 13 | 8.2 | 8 | 6.5 | ||
steady partner | 36 | 12.8 | 22 | 13.9 | 14 | 11.4 | ||
steady partner and casual partners | 91 | 32.4 | 44 | 27.8 | 47 | 38.2 | ||
casual partners | 133 | 47.3 | 79 | 50 | 54 | 43.9 | ||
Anal sex with steady partner | 91/127 | 71.7 | 47/66 | 71.2 | 44/61 | 72.1 | 0.01 | 0.92 |
Anal sex with casual partner | 224/224 | 100 | 123/123 | 100 | 101/101 | 100 | 0.78 | 0.38 |
Unprotected Anal Intercourse (UAI)2 | ||||||||
with steady partner3 | 71/91 | 78.0 | 38/47 | 80.9 | 33/44 | 75.0 | 0.51 | 0.78 |
with steady partner (mutual HIV negative serostatus4) | 39/91 | 42.9 | 19/47 | 40.4 | 20/44 | 45.5 | 1.04 | 0.31 |
with casual partners5 | 41/224 | 18.3 | 24/123 | 19.5 | 17/101 | 16.8 | 0.27 | 0.61 |
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | p | |
Age | 36.6 | (11.04) | 36.2 | (11.25) | 37.0 | (10.8) | -0.55 | 0.58 |
Number of partners2,6 | 4.9 | (5.84) | 4.8 | (6.0) | 5.1 | (5.64) | -0.36 | 0.72 |