From: Patterns of PrEP and condom use among PrEP users in Belgium: a web-based longitudinal study
 | Daily/almost daily N = 142 | Long period use with or without additional short period use N = 64 | Short period use only N = 83 | p-value£ |
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 | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |  |
Sociodemographic baseline characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age in years, mean (SD) | 41.4 (9.4) | 41.0 (9.4) | 43.8 (10.7) | 0.143 |
Born in Belgium | 117 (82.4) | 56 (87.5) | 75 (90.4) | 0.247 |
Higher education1 | 111 (78.2) | 52 (81.3) | 70 (84.3) | 0.531 |
Occupational status2 | Â | Â | Â | 0.365 |
 Employed | 122 (85.9) | 54 (84.4) | 66 (79.5) |  |
 Unemployed | 19 (13.4) | 10 (15.6) | 14 (16.9) |  |
 Other | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (3.6) |  |
Financial status | Â | Â | Â | 0.072 |
 Living really comfortably on present income | 30 (21.1) | 14 (21.9) | 12 (14.5) |  |
 Living comfortably on present income | 68 (47.9) | 29 (45.3) | 39 (47.0) |  |
 Neither comfortable nor struggling on present income | 25 (17.6) | 18 (28.1) | 26 (31.3) |  |
 Struggling or really struggling on present income | 18 (12.7) | 2 (3.1) | 4 (4.8) |  |
 I prefer not to say | 1 (0.7) | 1 (1.6) | 2 (2.4) |  |
Having social health insurance | 139 (97.9) | 62 (96.9) | 83 (100.0) | 0.304 |
Sex and sexuality | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male sex at birth | 141 (99.3) | 63 (98.4) | 83 (100.0) | 0.461 |
Sexually attracted to men | 141 (99.3) | 62 (96.9) | 83 (100.0) | 0.204 |
Sexual health score (scale 1–5), mean (SD) | 3.9 (0.7) | 3.6 (0.6) | 3.7 (0.7) | 0.002 |
Sexual sensation seeking scale score (scale 1–4), mean (SD) | 2.9 (0.5) | 2.8 (0.4) | 2.8 (0.5) | 0.174 |
Time since PrEP start | Â | Â | Â | Â |
First started taking PrEP | Â | Â | Â | 0.046 |
 Less than 6 months ago | 13 (9.2) | 3 (4.7) | 5 (6.0) |  |
 6–12 months ago | 19 (13.4) | 9 (14.1) | 14 (16.9) |  |
 12–24 months ago | 37 (26.1) | 32 (50.0) | 27 (32.5) |  |
 More than 24 months ago | 73 (51.4) | 20 (31.3) | 37 (44.6) |  |
Sexually transmitted infections | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Reported having had an STI in the preceding 6 months | 50 (35.2) | 20 (31.3) | 19 (22.9) | 0.157 |
Sexual behaviour in the preceding 3 months | Â | Â | Â | Â |
STEADY PARTNER | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Number of steady partners | Â | Â | Â | 0.879 |
 0 | 72 (50.7) | 30 (46.9) | 40 (48.2) |  |
 1 or more | 70 (49.3) | 34 (53.1) | 43 (51.8) |  |
Anal sex with steady partners* | Â | Â | Â | 0.162 |
 No | 15 (21.4) | 15 (44.1) | 9 (20.9) |  |
 Yes | 55 (78.6) | 19 (55.9) | 34 (79.1) |  |
Condom use during anal sex with steady partners** | Â | Â | Â | 0.234 |
 Always | 2 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.9) |  |
 Sometimes | 4 (7.3) | 4 (21.1) | 3 (8.8) |  |
 Never | 49 (89.1) | 15 (78.9) | 30 (88.2) |  |
PrEP use during anal sex with steady partners** |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Always | 47 (85.5) | 4 (21.1) | 9 (26.5) |  |
 Sometimes | 2 (3.6) | 5 (26.3) | 4 (11.8) |  |
 Never | 6 (10.9) | 10 (52.6) | 21 (61.8) |  |
CASUAL SEX PARTNER | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Number of casual partners |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 0 | 6 (4.2) | 7 (10.9) | 11 (13.3) |  |
 1 | 7 (4.9) | 5 (7.8) | 11 (13.3) |  |
 2–4 | 31 (21.8) | 23 (35.9) | 37 (44.6) |  |
 5 or more | 98 (69.0) | 29 (45.3) | 24 (28.9) |  |
Frequency of anal sex with casual partners* |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 No anal sex | 10 (7.4) | 7 (10.9) | 7 (9.7) |  |
 Less than monthly | 14 (10.3) | 5 (8.8) | 21 (29.2) |  |
 Monthly | 42 (30.9) | 30 (52.6) | 31 (43.1) |  |
 Weekly | 68 (50.0) | 15 (26.3) | 13 (18.1) |  |
 Daily | 2 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |  |
Condom use during anal sex with casual partners** | Â | Â | Â | 0.160 |
 Always | 12 (9.5) | 4 (8.0) | 8 (12.3) |  |
 Sometimes | 58 (46.0) | 25 (50.0) | 22 (33.8) |  |
 Never | 56 (44.4) | 21 (42.0) | 35 (53.8) |  |
PrEP use during anal sex with casual partners** | Â | Â | Â | 0.005 |
 Always | 121 (96.0) | 45 (90.0) | 55 (84.6) |  |
 Sometimes | 3 (2.4) | 5 (10.0) | 10 (15.4) |  |
 Never | 2 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |  |
ANONYMOUS SEX PARTNER | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Number of anonymous partners |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 0 | 16 (11.3) | 11 (17.2) | 33 (39.8) |  |
 1 | 7 (4.9) | 3 (4.7) | 10 (12.0) |  |
 2–5 | 51 (35.9) | 30 (46.9) | 28 (33.7) |  |
 6–9 | 13 (9.2) | 7 (10.9) | 4 (4.8) |  |
 10 or more | 55 (38.7) | 13 (20.3) | 8 (9.6) |  |
Frequency of anal sex with anonymous partners* | < 0.001 | |||
 No anal sex | 10 (7.9) | 7 (13.2) | 4 (8.0) |  |
 Less than monthly | 23 (18.3) | 9 (17.0) | 18 (36.0) |  |
 Monthly | 38 (30.2) | 28 (52.8) | 22 (44.0) |  |
 Weekly | 54 (42.9) | 9 (17.0) | 6 (12.0) |  |
 Daily | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |  |
Condom use during anal sex with anonymous partners** |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Always | 15 (12.9) | 7 (15.2) | 10 (21.7) |  |
 Sometimes | 51 (44.0) | 22 (47.8) | 12 (26.1) |  |
 Never | 50 (43.1) | 17 (37.0) | 24 (52.2) |  |
PrEP use during anal sex with anonymous partner** | < 0.001 | |||
 Always | 112 (96.6) | 39 (84.8) | 40 (87.0) |  |
 Sometimes | 3 (2.6) | 6 (13.0) | 5 (10.9) |  |
 Never | 1 (0.9) | 1 (2.2) | 1 (2.2) |  |