Table 1.
Baseline sexual risk behaviors for men in outpatient psychosocial and methadone maintenance treatment programs
| Treatment Program | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual Risk Variables (90 days prior to baseline assessment) | Outpatient Psychosocial (n=302) | Methadone Maintenance (n=288) | Statistical Analyses |
| n (%) | n (%) | χ 2 | |
| Number of Sexual Partners | |||
| 0 | 28 (9.4) | 18 (6.3) | 7.4 |
| 1 | 142 (47.7) | 160 (55.8) | |
| 2 | 45 (15.1) | 43 (15.70) | |
| 3 | 30 (10.1) | 17 (5.9) | |
| 4 | 21 (7.1) | 23 (8.0) | |
| >4 | 32 (10.7) | 26 (9.1) | |
| Have a Main Sexual Partner | |||
| Yes | 196 (65.8) | 194 (67.6) | 0.2 |
| No | 102 (34.2) | 93 (32.4) | |
| Live with Main Sex Partner | |||
| Yes | 100 (52.1) | 112 (59.6) | 2.2 |
| No | 92 (47.9) | 76 (40.4) | |
| Main Partner Is High Riska | |||
| Yes | 28 (14.6) | 70 (37.0) | 25.1 *** |
| No | 164 (85.4) | 119 (63.0) | |
| Any High Risk Partnersa | |||
| Yes | 96 (37.2) | 136 (55.1) | 16.2 *** |
| No | 162 (62.8) | 111 (44.9) | |
| Frequency of Penile-Vaginal Sex (number of occasions)b | |||
| 0 | 7 (2.8) | 6 (2.4) | 11.8 *** c |
| 1 – 13 | 101 (40.1) | 114 (45.4) | |
| 14 – 39 | 58 (23.0) | 78 (31.1) | |
| 40 – 89 | 54 (21.4) | 35 (13.9) | |
| 90 + | 32 (12.7) | 18 (7.2) | |
| Frequency of Penile-Anal Sex with women(number of occasions) | |||
| 0 | 161 (63.9) | 161 (64.1) | 0.03 |
| 1–13 | 74 (29.4) | 74 (29.5) | |
| >13 | 17 (6.8) | 16 (6.4) | |
| Percent of Condom Use for Penile-Vaginal/Anal sex with main partners. | |||
| 0 | 140 (80.0) | 136 (75.6) | 1.4 |
| 1–50 | 20 (11.4) | 22 (12.2) | |
| >51 | 15 (8.6) | 22 (12.2) | |
| Percent of Condom Use for Penile-Vaginal/Anal sex with casual partners. | |||
| 0 | 70 (52.2) | 69 (55.2) | 0.3 |
| 1–50 | 33 (24.6) | 28 (22.4) | |
| >51 | 31 (23.1) | 28 (22.4) | |
| Any Sex Under the Influence of Drugs or Alcohold | |||
| Yes | 175 (67.8) | 217 (82.2) | 14.4 *** |
| No | 83 (32.2) | 47 (17.8) | |
| Sex Under the Influence of Drugs/Alcohol During Most Recent Sexual Event, Regular Partner | |||
| Yes | 56 (26.4) | 92 (42.8) | 12.6 *** |
| No | 156 (73.6) | 123 (57.2) | |
| Sex Under the Influence of Drugs/Alcohol During Most Recent Sexual Event, Casual Partner | |||
| Yes | 56 (62.9) | 45 (61.6) | 0.03 |
| No | 33 (37.1) | 28 (38.4) | |
a
High risk defined as being one of the following: injection drug user, crack cocaine user, traded sex for money or drugs, is thought to be HIV+.
b
Includes only men who report sex with women
c
Simple effects testing (not shown) indicates more of the Psychosocial Outpatient participants were in the 40–89 and 90+ categories than methadone maintenance participants.
d
Sexually active only.
*
p<.05
**
p<.01
***
p<.001.