Table 6.
Risk assessment screening
| Questions for Participant (*Consider offering PrEP) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Question | Coding | Coding Value | Score* |
| 601 | In the past 6 months: How many people did you have vaginal or anal sex with? |
0 1* 2+ (two or more)* Don’t know* Prefer not to answer* |
0 1 2 98 99 |
0 4 7 7 7 |
| 602 | In the past 6 months: Did you use a condom every time you had sex? |
Yes No* Don’t know* Prefer not to answer* |
1 2 98 99 |
0 10 10 10 |
| 603 | Engaged in sex in exchange of money or other favors? |
Yes* No Don’t know* Prefer not to answer* |
1 2 98 99 |
5 0 5 5 |
| 604 | In the past 6 months: Did you have a sexually transmitted infection? |
Yes* No Don’t know* Prefer not to answer* |
1 2 98 99 |
7 0 7 7 |
| 605 | Shared needles while engaging in intravenous drug use? |
Yes* No Don’t know Prefer not to answer* |
1 2 98 99 |
3 0 0 3 |
| 606 | Do you have a sexual partner who has HIV? |
Yes* No Don’t know* Prefer not to answer* |
1 2 98 99 |
8 0 8 8 |
| 607 | If ‘Yes’: Has he or she been on therapy for 6 or more months? |
Yes No* Don’t know* Prefer not to answer |
1 2 98 99 |
0 3 3 0 |
| 608 | If ‘Yes: has the therapy suppressed viral load? |
Yes No* Don’t know* Prefer not to answer |
1 2 98 99 |
0 3 3 0 |
| 609 | PrEP stands for pre-exposure prophylaxis. It is a single daily pill that protects you from getting infected with HIV. It works when you take it before you are exposed to HIV. Are you willing to consider PrEP? |
Yes No Don’t know Prefer not to answer |
1 2 98 99 |
|
*Scoring adapted from Smith et al., [50] (42)