Table 1.
Receipt of EPT among interviewed gonorrhea cases by site legal status, patient characteristics and provider type (n=2564): Bivariate and adjusted analyses
| Correlates | Bivariate Analyses
|
Adjusted OR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted N | Weighted % (SE) | P value | ||
| Legal/policy issues | ||||
| Site law-legal status | <.01 | |||
| GC EPT law & CDC permissible | 1201 | 13.3% (3.3) | 23.2 (6.0–89.8) | |
| No GC EPT law & CDC permissible | 984 | 5.4% (2.1) | 7.3 (1.7–30.7) | |
| No GC EPT law & CDC potentially allowable | 379 | 1.0% (0.5) | 1.0 | |
| Patient characteristics | ||||
| Age (years) | .94 | -- | ||
| 15–19 | 597 | 8.0% (3.2) | ||
| 20–24 | 810 | 9.7% (2.7) | ||
| 25–34 | 691 | 8.9% (2.0) | ||
| 35–59 | 400 | 8.4% (2.9) | ||
| Race/ethnicity | .06 | |||
| White (non-Hispanic) | 495 | 12.4% (2.7) | 1.4 (0.8–2.5) | |
| Black (non-Hispanic) | 1414 | 9.7% (2.6) | 1.0 | |
| Hispanic | 458 | 5.9% (2.1) | 0.5 (0.3–1.1) | |
| Other | 152 | 14.4% (4.1) | 1.5 (0.7–2.9) | |
| Education level | .27 | -- | ||
| < high school | 551 | 9.0% (3.4) | ||
| High school/GED | 809 | 7.2% (2.1) | ||
| Some college | 681 | 10.3% (2.6) | ||
| College or higher | 315 | 5.3% (2.1) | ||
| Incarcerated (past 12 months) | .96 | -- | ||
| No | 2266 | 9.3% (2.0) | ||
| Yes | 253 | 9.5% (4.0) | ||
| Gender/sexual behavior | .01 | -- | ||
| Men | ||||
| MSM | 620 | 7.5% (2.7) | 0.3 (0.2–0.7) | |
| MSW | 734 | 5.8% (1.9) | 0.4 (0.2–0.8) | |
| Women | 1190 | 13.7% (3.2) | 1.0 | |
| Previous gonorrhea diagnosis (past 12 months) | .55 | -- | ||
| No | 2114 | 8.6% (2.0) | ||
| Yes | 286 | 10.8% (4.4) | ||
| Co-infected with chlamydia | .76 | -- | ||
| No | 1352 | 13.0% (3.2) | ||
| Yes | 616 | 12.1% (2.6) | ||
| Number of sex partners (past 3 months) | .81 | -- | ||
| 1 partner | 1184 | 10.6% (2.8) | ||
| 2 partners | 617 | 9.1% (3.3) | ||
| 3 or more partners | 623 | 8.5% (2.9) | ||
| Had anonymous sex partner (past 12 months) | .68 | -- | ||
| No | 1936 | 9.9% (2.5) | ||
| Yes | 445 | 7.7% (4.3) | ||
| Met sex partner via Internet (past 12 months) | .72 | -- | ||
| No | 1866 | 7.5% (1.9) | ||
| Yes | 330 | 6.6% (2.9) | ||
| Exchanged sex for $/drugs (past 12 months) | .73 | -- | ||
| No | 2358 | 9.5% (2.2) | ||
| Yes | 70 | 8.2% (4.2) | ||
| Had recently incarcerated partner (past 12 months) | .07 | |||
| No | 2098 | 8.7% (2.1) | 1.0 | |
| Yes | 272 | 13.7% (4.9) | 1.1 (0.6–1.7) | |
| Used crack cocaine (past 12 months) | .88 | -- | ||
| No | 2343 | 9.1% (2.1) | ||
| Yes | 81 | 8.8% (2.9) | ||
| Used methamphetamines (past 12 months) | .99 | -- | ||
| No | 2323 | 9.1% (2.1) | ||
| Yes | 101 | 9.1% (4.2) | ||
| Provider type | .42 | -- | ||
| STD clinic | 716 | 9.7% (4.0) | ||
| Reproductive health (FP/GYN) | 369 | 15.2% (5.9) | ||
| ER/urgent care | 247 | 7.6% (2.7) | ||
| Hospital other | 277 | 6.2% (2.2) | ||
| HMO/private | 394 | 6.0% (1.6) | ||
| Public/community health center | 222 | 9.0% (3.6) | ||
| Other | 252 | 11.8% (3.6) | ||
Note. GC = gonorrhea. MSM = men who have sex with men. MSW = men who have sex with women. Past 3 months refers to the 3 months prior to current gonorrhea diagnosis. Among women, there was no difference in receipt of EPT by pregnancy status. N adjusted analyses = 2323.