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Table 4 Relationship-level characteristics of dyads and individually represented HIV-serodiscordant relationships in PP1

From: A national recruitment strategy for HIV-serodiscordant partners living in Canada for the Positive Plus One study: a mixed-methods study

Relationship characteristic

Total relationships (N = 460)

N (%)

Dyad

(n = 153)

n (%)

Individual representative

(n = 307)

n (%)

p-value

Language (survey completion)

Unavailable

 

Unavailable

 Both English

 

138 (90.2)

  

 Both French

 

9 (5.9)

  

 English and French

 

6 (3.9)

  

Partner gender

   

0.062

 Male-male

221 (48.6)

85 (55.6)

136 (44.3)

 

 Male-female

213 (46.3)

62 (40.5)

151 (49.2)

 

 Other

26 (5.7)

6 (3.9)

20 (6.5)

 

Age difference between partners (HIV-positive – HIV-negative)

435

153

282

0.268

 Mean (SD)

−0.3 (9.8)

0.4 (9.5)

− 0.7 (9.9)

 

 Median (range)

0 (− 33, 34)

0 (− 29, 34)

0 (− 33, 34)

 

Race

Unavailable

 

Unavailable

 Both partners White

 

83 (54.2)

  

 Both partners not White

 

20 (13.1)

  

 Mixed

 

46 (30.1)

  

 One or both partners missing

 

4 (2.6)

  

Region

   

0.339

 British Columbia

49 (10.7)

20 (13.1)

29 (9.4)

 

 Prairies

65 (14.1)

20 (13.1)

45 (14.7)

 

 Ontario

265 (57.6)

84 (54.9)

181 (59.0)

 

 Quebec

51 (11.1)

15 (9.8)

36 (11.7)

 

 Atlantic

25 (5.4)

12 (7.8)

13 (4.2)

 

 Split across 2 regions

2 (0.4)

2 (1.3)

0 (0)

 

 Missing

3 (0.7)

0

3 (1)

 

HIV diagnosis or relationship first

Unavailable

 

Unavailable

 HIV diagnosis first

 

102 (66.7)

  

 Relationship first

 

38 (24.8)

  

 Same time

 

13 (8.5)

  

Relationship duration (years)

460

153

307

0.002

 Mean (SD)

6.8 (8.0)

8.5 (8.3)

6 (7.7)

 

 Median (range)

4 (0, 40)

5 (0, 40)

3 (0, 40)

 

HIV-positive partner virally suppressedb

   

0.043

 Yes

367 (79.8)

132 (86.3)

235 (76.5)

 

 No

43 (9.3)

11 (7.2)

32 (10.4)

 

 Don’t know

31 (6.7)

6 (3.9)

25 (8.1)

 

 Missing

19 (4.1)

4 (2.6)

15 (4.9)

 

Relationship Satisfaction – mean of partnersc

458

153

305

< 0.001

 Mean (SD)

4.1 (0.8)

4.4 (0.5)

4 (0.9)

 

 Median (range)

4.3 (1, 5)

4.4 (2.4, 5)

4.1 (1, 5)

 

Sexual Satisfaction – mean of partnersc

452

153

299

0.799

 Mean (SD)

3.7 (1.1)

3.8 (1)

3.7 (1.2)

 

 Median (Range)

4 (1, 5)

4 (1, 5)

4 (1, 5)

 
  1. Abbreviations: PP1 Positive Plus One Study
  2. a Unavailable for couples with only one participating partner
  3. b For dyads, we used the response of the HIV positive partner where it was divergent from the negative partner’s response. HIV-positive participants in a past relationship who reported being suppressed at any time in the relationship were classified as suppressed while HIV-positive past-relationship participants who reported that they were virally suppressed “none of the time” during the relationship were counted as not suppressed
  4. c Possible range 1–5; (1 = low, 5 = high)