Table 4.
Sex behaviors with app-met partners across three time periods among app-using men who have sex with men.
| Sex behaviors with app-met partners | Baseline (n=53) | Midpoint (n=27) | Completion (n=19) | P valuea |
| Number of explicit or x-rated messages (on average) received on mobile apps, mean (SD), range, interquartile range (IQR) | 18.43 (35.65), 0-200, 0-15 | N/Ab | N/A | — |
| Number of messages (on average) containing nude or suggestive photos you sent each day on apps in the past 30 days, mean (SD), range, IQR | 3.13 (6.21), 0-30, 0-3 | N/A | N/A | — |
| Number of messages (on average) containing nude or suggestive photos you sent each day on apps in the past 7 days, mean (SD), range, IQR | N/A | 1.81 (3.29), 0-15, 0-3 | 1.00 (1.56), 0-5, 0-2 | .276 |
| Number of messages (on average) containing nude or suggestive photos you received each day on apps in the past 30 days, mean (SD), range, IQR | 33.15 (139.25), 0-1000, 0-15 | N/A | N/A | — |
| Number of messages (on average) containing nude or suggestive photos you received each day on apps in the past 7 days, mean (SD), range, IQR | N/A | 4.81 (6.88), 0-25, 0-5 | 3.58 (4.73), 0-20, 0-5 | .046c |
| Number of men you began talking on the these apps, met in person, and engaged in anal sex as a TOP in the past 30 days, mean (SD), range, IQR | 1.19 (3.57), 0-25, 0-1 | N/A | N/A | — |
| Condom used each time from start to finish (ejaculation), n (%) | 12/17 (70.6) | N/A | N/A | — |
| Number of men you began talking on the these apps, met in person, and engaged in anal sex as a TOP in the past 7 days, mean (SD), range, IQR | N/A | 0.30 (0.72), 0-3, 0-0 | 0.26 (0.56), 0-2, 0-0 | .103 |
| Condom used each time from start to finish (ejaculation), n (%) | N/A | 4/5 (80.0) | 3/4 (75.0) | .317 |
| Number of men you began talking on these apps, met in person, and engaged in anal sex as a BOTTOM in the past 30 days, mean (SD), range, IQR | 0.58 (1.31), 0-7, 0-1 | N/A | N/A | — |
| Condom used each time from start to finish (ejaculation), n (%) | 13/15 (86.7) | N/A | N/A | — |
| Number of men you began talking on these apps, met in person, and engaged in anal sex as a BOTTOM in the past 7 days, mean (SD), range, IQR | N/A | 0.04 (0.19), 0-1, 0-0 | 0.05 (0.23), 0-1, 0-0 | —d |
| Condom used each time from start to finish (ejaculation), n (%) | N/A | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100.0) | —d |
aMcNemar’s test or Wilcoxon sign-rank test was conducted as appropriate to compare characteristics between midpoint and completion survey.
bN/A: not applicable.
cStatistically significant.
dCould not estimate because of sparse cells.