Table 1. Demographics, sexual risk behavior characteristics, health care access, and PrEP-related factors and their associations with 1) preference to receive PrEP-related care from a primary care provider and 2) interest in using home-based PrEP services (n = 906).
| Prefer Receiving PrEP-Related Care from a PCP1 (Ref: prefer specialist clinics and providers) | Prefer using Home-Based PrEP Services (Ref: not preferred) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categorical Variables | n | Column % | n | Row % | χ2 | n | Row % | χ2 |
| Race/Ethnicity | 12.9** | 1.6 | ||||||
| Black | 70 | 7.7 | 37 | 52.9 | 50 | 71.4 | ||
| Latino | 109 | 12.0 | 50 | 45.9 | 77 | 70.6 | ||
| White | 653 | 72.1 | 395 | 60.5 | 470 | 72.0 | ||
| Other/Multiracial | 74 | 8.2 | 34 | 46.0 | 58 | 78.4 | ||
| Education | 0.7 | 1.2 | ||||||
| Less than Bachelor’s degree | 374 | 41.3 | 207 | 55.4 | 263 | 70.3 | ||
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 532 | 58.7 | 309 | 58.1 | 392 | 73.7 | ||
| Employment | 0.0 | 6.4* | ||||||
| Unemployed | 130 | 14.4 | 74 | 56.9 | 82 | 63.1 | ||
| Employed (part-time or full-time) | 776 | 85.7 | 442 | 57.0 | 573 | 73.8 | ||
| Income | 21.2*** | 0.3 | ||||||
| Less than $20k per year | 131 | 14.5 | 63 | 48.1 | 97 | 74.1 | ||
| $20k to $49k per year | 345 | 38.1 | 174 | 50.4 | 250 | 72.5 | ||
| $50k or more per year | 430 | 47.5 | 279 | 64.9 | 308 | 71.6 | ||
| Geographic Region | 3.5 | 4.8 | ||||||
| Northeast | 172 | 19.0 | 106 | 61.6 | 115 | 66.9 | ||
| Midwest | 168 | 18.5 | 101 | 60.1 | 130 | 77.4 | ||
| South | 318 | 35.1 | 174 | 54.7 | 229 | 72.0 | ||
| West | 248 | 27.4 | 135 | 54.4 | 181 | 73.0 | ||
| Relationship Status | 5.2* | 1.9 | ||||||
| Single | 423 | 46.7 | 224 | 53.0 | 315 | 74.5 | ||
| In relationship | 483 | 53.3 | 292 | 60.5 | 340 | 70.4 | ||
| Main Partner HIV-Status | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||||||
| HIV-negative, unknown, or no main partner | 852 | 94.0 | 480 | 56.3 | 621 | 72.9 | ||
| HIV-positive | 54 | 6.0 | 36 | 66.7 | 34 | 63.0 | ||
| Engaged in Sexual HIV Transmission Risk2 | 0.7 | 11.6*** | ||||||
| No | 604 | 66.7 | 350 | 58.0 | 415 | 68.7 | ||
| Yes | 302 | 33.3 | 166 | 55.0 | 240 | 79.5 | ||
| Recent HIV Testing (Within last 6 months) | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| No | 528 | 58.3 | 300 | 56.8 | 383 | 72.5 | ||
| Yes | 378 | 41.7 | 216 | 57.1 | 272 | 72.0 | ||
| Has Health Insurance Status | 12.5*** | 0.1 | ||||||
| No | 87 | 9.6 | 34 | 39.1 | 64 | 73.6 | ||
| Yes | 819 | 90.4 | 482 | 58.9 | 591 | 72.2 | ||
| Primary Care Provider (PCP) Access | 157.4*** | 21.0*** | ||||||
| No PCP | 229 | 25.3 | 72 | 31.4 | 188 | 82.1 | ||
| Not "out" to PCP | 145 | 16.0 | 49 | 33.8 | 112 | 77.2 | ||
| "Out" to PCP | 532 | 58.7 | 395 | 74.3 | 355 | 66.7 | ||
| An LGBT-Friendly Healthcare Provider is Located Within 30 Minutes Travel Time | 28.6*** | 10.9*** | ||||||
| No or don't know | 349 | 38.5 | 160 | 45.9 | 274 | 78.5 | ||
| Yes | 557 | 61.5 | 356 | 63.9 | 381 | 68.4 | ||
| Continuous Variables | M | SD | OR | SE | OR | SE | ||
| Age | 41.9 | 13.9 | 1.02*** | 0.01 | 0.98*** | 0.01 | ||
| PrEP Intentions (Range: 1–5) | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.90 | 0.06 | 1.51*** | 0.12 | ||
| Concern about Medical Checkups Every 3 Months (Range: 1–4) | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.93 | 0.06 | 1.43*** | 0.11 | ||
| Concern about Bringing up the Topic of PrEP with Doctor (Range: 1–4) | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.46*** | 0.04 | 1.58*** | 0.14 | ||
* p < 0.05.
** p < 0.01.
*** p < 0.001.
1 PCP = primary care provider.
2 Any condomless anal sex with an HIV-positive or unknown partner and/or any casual partner in past 3 months.
Percentages may not add up to 100 because of rounding.