Table 2.
Sexual behaviours associated with ever giving, receiving or buying ART among persons living with HIV self‐reporting ART use in south‐central Uganda (N=2852)
| ART diversion (N=266) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No ART diversion | Gave only | Received only | Gave and received | Bought | Any ART diversion | ||
| Sexual behaviours | (N=2586) | N=62 | N=54 | N=132 | N=18 | N=266 | p‐value* |
| Sexually active in the past year | 2236 (90.2%) | 56 (2.3%) | 49 (2.0%) | 122 (4.9%) | 17 (0.7%) | 244 (9.8%) | 0.180 |
| Multiple sexual partners in the past year | 616 (85.4%) | 23 (3.2%) | 19 (2.6%) | 55 (7.6%) | 8 (1.1%) | 105 (14.6%) | <0.001 |
| Non‐marital partners in the past year (among married persons, N=2480) | 980 (88.3%) | 31 (2.8%) | 26 (2.3%) | 62 (5.6%) | 11 (1.0%) | 130 (11.7%) | 0.055 |
| Consistent condom use with non‐marital partners (among those with non‐marital partners, N=1110) | 228 (89.1%) | 5 (2.0%) | 5 (2.0%) | 13 (5.1%) | 5 (2.0%) | 28 (10.9%) | 0.360 |
| Alcohol use by respondents or partners before sex | 1605 (88.3%) | 50 (2.8%) | 41 (2.3%) | 106 (5.8%) | 15 (0.8%) | 212 (11.7%) | <0.001 |
| Sex with partners outside community | 174 (84.5%) | 4 (1.9%) | 6 (2.9%) | 20 (9.7%) | 2 (1.0%) | 32 (15.5%) | 0.013 |
| Money, gifts or favours exchanged for sex with partner | 294 (85.2%) | 11 (3.2%) | 13 (3.8%) | 21 (6.1%) | 6 (1.7%) | 51 (14.8%) | 0.052 |
| Symptoms of genital ulcer disease in the last 12 months | 130 (83.9%) | 5 (3.2%) | 7 (4.5%) | 10 (6.5%) | 3 (1.9%) | 25 (16.1%) | 0.010 |
| Circumcised (among men, N=983) | 461 (89.3%) | 9 (1.7%) | 11 (2.1%) | 33 (6.4%) | 2 (0.4%) | 55 (10.7%) | 0.495 |
Note: No participants reported selling ART, so selling is not included in this table.
* p‐value for chi‐square test by ART diversion types, comparing any antiretroviral treatment (ART) diversion (gave only, received only, gave and received or bought) to no ART diversion. All p‐values were two‐sided and p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.