Table 1.
Client demographics for PrEP starts by COVID-19 pandemic window and visit type
| Demographics | Total PrEP Start Visits N=624 | Pre-COVID-19 PrEP Start N=341 | Post-COVID-19 PrEP Start N=283 | p valuea | Post-COVID-19 PrEP Start Visits | ||
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| In-Clinic N=140 | TelePrEP N=143 | p valuea | |||||
| Age (n, %) | 0.95 | 0.34 | |||||
| 18–29 | 367 (58.9) | 199 (58.4) | 168 (59.4) | 89 (63.6) | 79 (55.2) | ||
| 30–49 | 240 (38.5) | 133 (39.0) | 107 (37.8) | 48 (34.3) | 59 (41.3) | ||
| >49 | 17 (2.7) | 9 (2.6) | 8 (2.8) | 3 (2.1) | 5 (3.5) | ||
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| Sex assigned at birth (n, %) | 0.05 | 0.54 | |||||
| Male | 589 (94.4) | 317 (93.0) | 272 (96.1) | 134 (95.7) | 138 (96.5) | ||
| Female | 34 (5.4) | 24 (7.0) | 10 (3.5) | 6 (4.3) | 4 (2.8) | ||
| Unknown/missing | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.7) | ||
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| Sexual Orientation | 0.25 | 0.67 | |||||
| Men who have sex with men | 400 (64.1) | 223 (65.4) | 177 (62.5) | 107 (76.4) | 70 (49.0) | ||
| Men who have sex with men and women | 69 (11.1) | 40 (11.7) | 29 (10.3) | 21 (14.8) | 8 (1.4) | ||
| Women who have sex with men | 21 (3.4) | 14 (4.1) | 7 (2.5) | 5 (3.6) | 2 (1.4) | ||
| Men who have sex with women | 12 (1.9) | 10 (2.9) | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | ||
| Women who have sex with men and women | 5 (0.8) | 4 (1.2) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Unknown/missing | 117 (18.8) | 50 (14.6) | 67 (23.7) | 5 (3.6) | 62 (43.4) | ||
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| Race/Ethnicity (n, %) | 0.79 | 0.19 | |||||
| White/Non-Hispanic | 309 (49.5) | 163 (47.8) | 146 (51.6) | 75 (53.5) | 71 (49.7) | ||
| Hispanic or Latino (all races) | 222 (35.6) | 124 (36.6) | 98 (34.6) | 47 (33.6) | 51 (35.7) | ||
| Black/African American/Non-Hispanic | 46 (7.4) | 28 (8.2) | 18 (6.4) | 12 (8.6) | 6 (4.2) | ||
| Asian/Non-Hispanic | 17 (2.7) | 11 (3.2) | 6 (2.1) | 2 (1.4) | 4 (2.8) | ||
| Multiracial/Other | 23 (3.7) | 12 (3.5) | 11 (3.9) | 2 (1.4) | 9 (6.3) | ||
| Unknown/missing | 7 (1.1) | 3 (0.9) | 4 (1.4) | 2 (1.4) | 2 (1.4) | ||
Abbreviations: PrEP = HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis; telePrEP = PrEP services using telehealth.
a
p-value represents comparison of between pre vs. post COVID groups or in-clinic vs. telehealth groups using Fisher’s exact test excluding missing/unknown