Table III.

Crude associations between 12-month DSM-IV-defined mental disorders and previous HIV testing, HIV-related fears, actions and perceived risk (all cells are column percentages unless otherwise specified)

	No disorder	Any disorder	p-value	Any depressive disorder	p-value	Any anxiety disorder	p-value	Any substance disorder	p-value
Previously tested for HIV	20.1	24.8	0.030	26.6	0.107	25.0	0.057	25.6	0.115
HIV-related fears
Fear of blood and body fluids: high	52.5	62.5	<0.001	64.4	0.007	64.3	<0.001	60.9	0.042
Fear of giving blood: high	35.8	39.3	0.144	42.3	0.053	41.9	0.151	34.9	0.806
Fear of receiving blood: high	60.3	62.1	0.469	64.7	0.254	67.1	0.079	53.9	0.075
Fear of having an injection: high	38.1	39.7	0.517	37.1	0.821	43.0	0.161	32.8	0.129
Fear of having an operation: high	48.9	52.1	0.270	54.8	0.261	54.5	0.146	48.4	0.915
Mean score on HIV fear scale	3.5	3.7	0.023	3.7	0.122	3.7	0.047	3.6	0.270
Perceived HIV risk high or very high	7.6	12.0	0.025	7.2	0.889	14.7	0.001	14.1	0.024
Mean score for perceived risk of HIV	1.9	2.1	0.002	2.0	0.264	2.1	0.004	2.3	0.004
HIV-related actions
Seek more stable partnerships	79.4	82.6	0.164	82.9	0.433	82.8	0.281	80.1	0.866
Precautions in sexual intercourse	79.8	80.9	0.636	80.2	0.920	81.8	0.459	80.8	0.745
Care over things touched	61.6	64.7	0.203	66.2	0.216	68.1	0.053	57.8	0.385
Avoid certain social situations/places	49.5	56.5	0.004	60.8	<0.001	59.6	0.003	46.6	0.490
Avoid certain people	44.2	52.2	0.003	59.8	<0.001	51.4	0.050	45.5	0.151
Mean number of actions taken	3.0	3.2	0.001	3.4	<0.001	3.3	0.005	3.0	0.630