Table 1.
Content of the questionnaire
| Entry | Follow-up | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sociodemographic characteristics | ||
| Date of birth | ✓ | – |
| Gender | ✓ | – |
| Country of birth | ✓ | – |
| Educational level | ✓ | ✓ |
| Employment status | ✓ | – |
| 2. HIV testing | ||
| Ever tested for HIV | ✓ | – |
| Access to HIV testing result | ✓ | – |
| Reasons for not testing or not having HIV test result | ✓ | – |
| Number of previous HIV tests | ✓ | – |
| Place, date and result of previous HIV test | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasons for index test | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3. Sexual life and partners | ||
| Sexual identity | ✓ | ✓ |
| Age at first anal intercourse | ✓ | – |
| Role in anal intercourse | ✓ | ✓ |
| Characteristics of sexual partners in the previous 12 months/since the previous visit* | ✓ | ✓ |
| A. Steady partner | ||
| Steady partner in the previous 12 months/since the previous visit | ✓ | ✓ |
| Duration of the relationship with steady partner | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gender of steady partner | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sexual practices with steady partner | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sexual intercourse with other partners | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIV status of the steady partner | ✓ | ✓ |
| B. Occasional partner | ||
| Occasional partner in the previous 12 months/since the previous visit | ✓ | ✓ |
| Number of occasional partners in the previous 12 months/since the previous visit | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sexual practices with an occasional partner | ✓ | ✓ |
| Venues used to meet occasional partners | ✓ | ✓ |
| C. Sex work | ||
| Having sex for money or drugs in the previous 12 months/since previous visit | ✓ | ✓ |
| 4. Condom use | ||
| Condom use with a steady partner in the previous 12 months/since the previous visit | ✓ | ✓ |
| Condom use with a steady partner in the last anal intercourse | ✓ | ✓ |
| Condom use with an occasional partner in the previous 12 months/since the previous visit | ✓ | ✓ |
| Condom use with an occasional partner in the last anal intercourse | ✓ | ✓ |
| Condom use for oral sex | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasons for not using condom | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lubricant use for anal intercourse | ✓ | ✓ |
| 5. Alcohol and drugs | ||
| Lifetime use of alcohol or drugs before or during intercourse | ✓ | – |
| Frequency of use of alcohol or drugs before or during intercourse in the previous 12 months/since the previous visit | ✓ | ✓ |
| Perception of reduction in condom use due to use of alcohol or drugs | ✓ | ✓ |
| 6. Postexposure prophylaxis | ||
| Knowledge of PEP | ✓ | – |
| Lifetime use of PEP | ✓ | – |
| Use of PEP in the previous 12 months/since the previous visit | ✓ | ✓ |
| 7. STIs and hepatitis | ||
| Lifetime history of STI (symptoms or diagnosis) | ✓ | – |
| Symptoms of STI in the previous 12 months/since the previous visit | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lifetime history of STI diagnosis | ✓ | – |
| Diagnosis of STI in the previous 12 months/since the previous visit | ✓ | ✓ |
| Immunisation status for hepatitis A and hepatitis B | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lifetime history of hepatitis virus A, B or C diagnosis | ✓ | ✓ |
*Bisexual men; men with different partners; sex workers; HIV-positive men; injecting drug users; women; trios/group sex.
PEP, postexposure prophylaxis; STI, sexually transmitted infection.