Table 2.
Multivariable Models for PROMIS Sexual Interest, Satisfaction and Orgasm Pleasure Sores in Gay and Bisexual Men and Lesbian and Bisexual Women
| Interest |
Satisfaction |
Orgasm Pleasure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gay men | Bisexual men | Lesbian women | Bisexual women | Gay men | Bisexual men | Lesbian women | Bisexual women | Gay men | Bisexual men | Lesbian women | Bisexual women | |
| Regression coefficients (95% confidence intervals) | ||||||||||||
| Relationship status | ||||||||||||
| Single, not dating | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) |
| Married | –2.3 | 4.3 | 4.9* | 4.9* | –6.7* | |||||||
| (–9.1, 4.4) | (–1.3, 10.0) | (.31, 9.4) | (.04, 9.7) | (–12.7, −0.75) | ||||||||
| Civil union | –3.3 | 5.4 | –1.0 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 6.0* | –4.9 | 3.1 | 10.1** | ||
| (–8.9, 2.3) | (–7.9, 18.6) | (–6.4, 4.3) | (–.69, 14.8) | (–1.0, 8.2) | (–3.1, 9.3) | (.01, 12.1) | (–11.1, 1.3) | (–6.6, 12.7) | (4.5, 15.8) | |||
| Living w/ partner | –2.8 | 8.2 | 1.8 | 10.9** | 2.8 | –0.6 | 4.2 | 5.4 | –5.6* | 2.6 | 6.9 | 1.5 |
| (–7.2, 1.5) | (–2.1, 18.6) | (–3.3, 6.9) | (4.8, 16.9) | (–.6, 6.2) | (–10.0, 8.8) | (–.4, 8.8) | (–.2, 10.9) | (–10.0, −1.2) | (–7.1, 12.3) | (–.9, 14.7) | (–3.8, 6.7) | |
| Not living w/ partner | –2.6 | 6.3** | 11.0** | 6.0* | 7.8** | 5.1* | –2.8 | 7.4 | –1.8 | |||
| (–6.4, 1.2) | (1.6, 11.1) | (5.6, 16.3) | (1.2, 10.9) | (3.3, 12.3) | (.6, 9.6) | (–8.0, 2.3) | (–.4, 15.2) | (–7.4, 3.8) | ||||
| Single, dating | –1.2 | 13.2* | 5.9 | 12.6** | 3.5* | 1.4 | –0.5 | 4.1* | –1.1 | 9.1** | –0.7 | 0.01 |
| (–6.3, 4.0) | (1.2, 25.2) | (–.7, 12.5) | (7.7, 17.5) | (.2, 6.8) | (–10.9, 13.7) | (–5.6, 4.5) | (.02, 8.2) | (–5.1, 2.9) | (3.0, 15.1) | (–9.3, 7.9) | (–4.3, 4.3) | |
| Sexual activity | ||||||||||||
| None | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | ||||||||
| Solo only | 8.7** | 12.7** | 12.3** | 7.4* | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) |
| (3.3, 14.2) | (5.0, 20.4) | (8.6, 16.1) | (.7, 14.0) | |||||||||
| Partnered/solo | 14.1** | 12.6** | 14.8** | 11.8** | 5.9** | 7.3** | 9.4** | 7.9** | 5.1** | 7.4* | 1.5 | 5.7** |
| (9.1, 19.1) | (4.6, 20.7) | (11.7, 17.8) | (5.9, 17.8) | (3.7, 8.0) | (3.4, 11.2) | (6.2, 12.6) | (4.9, 10.9) | (2.2, 7.9) | (1.7, 13.2) | (–3.4, 6.4) | (2.8, 8.5) | |
| Relationship years | 0.2 | –0.5 | –0.04 | –0.8** | –0.1 | 0.4 | –0.4* | –0.5 | 0.6** | 0.3 | –0.3 | –0.5 |
| (–0.3, 0.7) | (–1.2, 0.2) | (–0.5, 0.4) | (–1.3, −0.3) | (–0.4, 0.3) | (–0.008, 0.8) | (–0.8, −0.02) | (–1.1, 0.1) | (0.2, 1.0) | (–0.4, 0.9) | (–0.9, 0.4) | (–1.2, 0.2) | |
| Relationship years2 | –0.01 | 0.01 | –0.001 | 0.02* | –0.0003 | –0.01* | 0.01* | 0.01 | –0.02** | –0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| (–0.02, 0.004) | (–0.003, 0.02) | (–0.01, 0.01) | (0.002, 0.03) | (–0.01, 0.01) | (–0.01, −0.001) | (0.002, 0.02) | (–0.007, 0.03) | (–0.02, −0.006) | (–0.02, 0.004) | (–0.01, 0.03) | (–0.005, 0.04) | |
| Anxiety | ||||||||||||
| Never | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) |
| Rarely | –2.1 | –1.0 | –0.4 | 0.6 | –2.7* | –6.3** | –2.6 | –1.3 | –3.8** | –5.8** | –1.0 | 0.2 |
| (–5.1, 1.0) | (–7.6, 5.6) | (–3.4, 2.5) | (–3.3, 4.4) | (–4.8, −0.6) | (–9.1, −3.4) | (–5.3, 0.2) | (–4.3, 1.7) | (–6.5, −1.1) | (–10.1, −1.4) | (–4.8, 2.7) | (–2.9, 3.2) | |
| Sometimes | –3.2* | 0.03 | –0.1 | –3.1 | –3.8** | 1.9 | –1.9 | –3.3* | –4.0* | –4.4 | 1.3 | –2.1 |
| (–6.5,–.03) | (–6.7, 6.8) | (–3.5, 3.4) | (–6.8, 0.55) | (–6.3, −1.3) | (–6.4, 10.2) | (–5.1, 1.2) | (–6.5, −0.18) | (–7.0, −0.94) | (–11.0, 2.1) | (–3.4, 6.0) | (–5.8, 1.6) | |
| Often/always | –7.5* | –2.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | –7.6** | –8.1** | –0.7 | –3.0 | –5.8* | –3.8 | –6.4 | –0.4 |
| (–14.7, −0.4) | (–17.8, 12.3) | (–2.7, 5.8) | (–4.2, 5.6) | (–11.6, −3.6) | (–12.9, −3.2) | (–4.7, 3.2) | (–6.9, 0.8) | (–10.2, −1.4) | (–9.2, 1.7) | (–14.7, 2.0) | (–4.4, 3.6) | |
| Constant | 40.3** | 32.6** | 29.8** | 33.5** | 43.4** | 44.5** | 40.3** | 42.7** | 49.1** | 43.8** | 44.6** | 45.5** |
| Observations | 382 | 137 | 200 | 259 | 344 | 123 | 134 | 215 | 335 | 119 | 129 | 205 |
| R 2 | 0.230 | 0.218 | 0.467 | 0.323 | 0.321 | 0.379 | 0.477 | 0.255 | 0.167 | 0.386 | 0.171 | 0.153 |
Note. Regression coefficients with 95% confidence intervals reported in parentheses. Unstandardized betas are used because PROMIS SexSF scores are already on a standardized scale.
*p < 0.05. **p < 0.01. Significant associations are bolded.