Table 4.
Baseline measures of HIV communication self-efficacy, UND study, Baltimore, Maryland
| Variable | Total Sample N=108* |
Intervention Condition N=53 |
Control Condition N=55 |
p-value | Intervention Condition N=54 |
Control Condition N=51 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I have a difficult time talking to my partner about using condoms | |||||||
| Disagree | 72 (67) | 41 (77) | 31 (56) | 35 (69) | 40 (74) | ||
| Neither agree nor disagree | 11 (10) | 4 (8) | 7 (13) | 8 (16) | 4 (7) | ||
| Agree | 25 (23) | 8 (15) | 17 (31) | 0.07 | 8 (16) | 10 (19) | 0.41 |
| How sure are you that you can have a conversation about using condoms with your sex partner? | |||||||
| Very Sure | 76 (70) | 37 (70) | 39 (71) | 45 (88) | 40 (74) | ||
| Somewhat sure-not sure | 32 (30) | 16 (30) | 16 (29) | 1.00 | 6 (12) | 14 (26) | 0.07 |
| How sure are you that you can ask your partner to get tested with you? | |||||||
| Very Sure | 72 (67) | 37 (70) | 35 (64) | 37 (73) | 32 (59) | ||
| Somewhat sure-not sure | 36 (33) | 16 (30) | 20 (36) | 0.54 | 14 (27) | 22 (41) | 0.15 |
| How sure are you that you can ask a new partner to use a condom before you have sex for the first time? | |||||||
| Very Sure | 74 (69) | 37 (70) | 37 (67) | 35 (69) | 35 (65) | ||
| Somewhat sure-not sure | 34 (31) | 16 (30) | 18 (33) | 0.84 | 16 (31) | 19 (35) | 0.68 |
*
Questions added to survey after enrollment began, therefore n=108 participants provided data.