Table 3.
Intervention effects on HIV testing and sexual behaviors within the previous 3 months among Internet-using MSM.
| Outcome variables | Baselinea, n (%) n=1008 |
Follow-up, n (%) n=1037 |
χ2 (df) | P value | |||
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Interventionb
n=501 |
Comparisonb
n=507 |
Interventionb
n=499 |
Comparisonb
n=538 |
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| Had HIV test in the past 6 months |
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No | 351 (70.05) | 360 (71.14) | 280 (56.11) | 418 (77.69) | 54.8 (1) | .001 |
| Yes | 150 (29.95) | 146 (28.86) | 219 (43.89) | 120 (22.31) |
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| Number of male sexual partners |
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0 | 145 (29.00) | 145 (28.71) | 117 (23.44) | 175 (32.52) | 9.9 (3) | .02 |
| 1 | 182 (36.40) | 176 (34.85) | 170 (34.06) | 163 (30.29) |
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| 2-5 | 145 (29.00) | 155 (30.69) | 176 (35.27) | 172 (31.97) |
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| ≥ 6 | 28 (5.60) | 29 (5.74) | 36 (7.21) | 28 (5.20) |
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| Number of male online sex partners |
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0 | 283 (56.48) | 267 (52.87) | 256 (51.30) | 247 (45.91) | 7.6 (3) | .06 |
| 1 | 85 (16.96) | 104 (20.59) | 72 (14.42) | 112 (20.81) |
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| 2-5 | 115 (22.95) | 112 (22.17) | 148 (29.69) | 155 (28.81) |
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| ≥ 6 | 18 (3.59) | 22 (4.43) | 23 (4.60) | 24 (4.47) |
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| Number of male partners with unprotected anal sex |
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0 | 295 (59.23) | 302 (60.15) | 279 (55.92) | 308 (57.25) | 2.3 (3) | .52 |
| 1 | 143 (28.71) | 142 (28.28) | 144 (28.85) | 158 (29.36) |
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| 2-5 | 54 (10.84) | 52 (10.35) | 66 (13.22) | 67 (12.45) |
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| ≥6 | 6 (1.20) | 6 (1.19) | 10 (2.01) | 5 (0.93) |
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| Condom use during anal sex with online sex partners |
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Never | 154 (49.67) | 160 (48.63) | 92 (32.39) | 133 (39.58) | 13.4 (3) | .004 |
| Sometimes | 49 (15.80) | 47 (14.28) | 41 (14.43) | 72 (21.43) |
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| Most of the time | 39 (12.59) | 37 (11.24) | 54 (19.01) | 43 (12.80) |
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| All the time | 68 (21.93) | 85 (25.83) | 97 (34.15) | 88 (26.19) |
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| Condom use during anal sex with male sex partners |
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Never | 92 (25.92) | 100 (27.85) | 81 (24.92) | 92 (24.79) | 3.0 (3) | .39 |
| Sometimes | 75 (21.12) | 68 (18.94) | 68 (20.92) | 64 (17.25) |
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| Most of the time | 65 (18.31) | 60 (16.71) | 54 (16.62) | 78 (21.24) |
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| All the time | 123 (34.65) | 131 (36.49) | 122 (37.54) | 137 (36.91) |
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a There is no difference in HIV testing and sexual behaviors at baseline between comparison and intervention groups.
b May not add to total because of missing responses.