Table 2.
Coital frequency of and condom use by HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected participants
|
Short-term analysis |
Long-term analysis |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV positive | HIV negative | HIV positive | HIV negative | |
| Sexual behaviour | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| All women | ||||
| No sex actsa | ||||
| Beforeb | 7 (4) | 13 (2) | 7 (5) | 8 (1) |
| Afterb | 15 (10) | 20 (3) | 14 (9) | 27 (4) |
| ≥ 1 sex acta | ||||
| Before | 151 (96) | 637 (98) | 144 (95) | 642 (99) |
| Afterb | 143 (91) | 630 (97) | 137 (91) | 623 (96) |
| P-value‡ | 0.10 | 0.14 | ||
| Among women with ≥1 sex acta,c | ||||
| No unprotected actsa | ||||
| Before | 42 (28) | 142 (22) | 37 (26) | 156 (24) |
| After | 63 (44) | 117 (19) | 60 (44) | 134 (22) |
| ≥1 unprotected acta | ||||
| Before | 109 (72) | 495 (78) | 107 (74) | 486 (75) |
| After | 80 (56) | 513 (81) | 77 (56) | 489 (79) |
| P-value‡ | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| Among women with ≥1 unprotected acta | ||||
| Total actsa | ||||
| Before | 20.8 (58.7) | 14.0 (10.2) | 19.9 (59.2) | 14.9 (12.3) |
| After | 13.9 (21.1) | 13.8 (9.6) | 9.5 (7.2) | 14.2 (11.9) |
| Unprotected actsa | ||||
| Before | 11.9 (12.5) | 11.7 (8.8) | 11.2 (11.7) | 11.8 (10.4) |
| After | 8.7 (6.8) | 11.5 (8.7) | 7.0 (6.0) | 12.0 (11.0) |
| Percentage of acts that are unprotecteda | ||||
| Before | 77.0 (30.4) | 86.5 (25.2) | 78.9 (29.5) | 84.1 (27.7) |
| After | 78.4 (31.7) | 86.5 (25.5) | 78.5 (29.8) | 87.1 (25.0) |
aIn a typical month in the last 3 months.
bBefore and after notification of HIV-positive status (HIV-infected women) or anchor visit (uninfected participants).
cDenominator for percentages is women with ≥1 sex act.
‡P-values obtained using McNemar's test.