Table 3.
Differences in sexual behaviors of study participants seropositive and seronegative before, during, and after the first lockdown in March 2020 [n (%) or median (IQR)]
| Total | SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity status | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | ||
| Participants who completed at least one survey | 206 (94%) | 17 (89%) | 189 (95%) |
| Number of surveys | 438 | 37 | 401 |
| Currently taking PrEP | 174 (84%) | 14 (82%) | 160 (85%) |
| Partner count* | 5.0 (3.0, 10.0) | 6.5 (2.5, 14.7) | 5.0 (3.0, 10.0) |
| Sex with occasional partners | 168 (82%) | 15 (88%) | 153 (81%) |
| Changes in sexual behavior during the first lockdown | |||
| I only had sex with my steady partner | 23 (11%) | 1 (6%) | 22 (12%) |
| I made an agreement with one of my sexual partners to only have sex with each other (“quarantine buddy”) | 7 (3%) | 0 | 7 (4%) |
| I didn’t have sexual contacts during that time | 31 (15%) | 5 (29%) | 26 (14%) |
| I reduced my sexual contacts | 129 (64%) | 10 (59%) | 119 (64%) |
| I didn’t change my sexual behavior | 12 (6%) | 1 (6%) | 11 (6%) |
| I had more sexual contacts | 1 (0.5%) | 0 | 1 (0.5%) |
| Missing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Use dating apps** | 156 (93%) | 14 (93%) | 142 (93%) |
| Changes in dating app behaviors during the first lockdown among those using dating apps (n = 156) | |||
| Use the same | 40 (26%) | 2 (14%) | 38 (27%) |
| Fewer online dates | 8 (5%) | 0 | 8 (6%) |
| Use more for chatting than sex | 44 (28%) | 7 (50%) | 37 (26%) |
| More online dates | 61 (39%) | 5 (36%) | 56 (39%) |
| Other | 3 (2%) | 0 | 3 (2%) |
*If participants filled out more than one follow-up survey, the number of partners they reported was averaged across all their follow-up surveys
**39 participants were missing data on dating app usage; 2 among the seropositive and 37 among the seronegative