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. 2018 Dec 26;13(12):e0209779. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209779

Table 2. Reported events of non-consensual removal of condoms (stealthing) amongst patients presenting to a STI clinic (N = 2252)a.

    Female respondents n = 1189 (%; 95% CI) Male respondents n = 1063 (%; 95% CI)
Classified as not experiencing ‘stealthing’
Never stealthed 420 (35; 33,38) 496 (47; 44,50)
Condom removed w permission 455 (38; 35,41) 315 (30; 27,32)
Condom removed w/o permission but continued willingly 104 (9; 7,10) 77 (7; 6,9)
Classified as experiencing ‘stealthing’
Condom removed w/o permission, and continued unwillingly 108 (9; 8,11) 52 (5; 4,6)
Condom removed w/o permission, and stopped 135 (11; 10,13) 65 (6; 5,8)
Condom removed w/o permission, but didn't realise until afterwards 147 (12; 11,14) 60 (6; 4,7)
Condom never put on but had been requested 84 (7; 6,9) 41 (4; 3,5)
Removed from further analysis
Not applicableb 45 (4; 3,5) 127 (12; 10,14)
  Decline answer 60 (5; 4,6) 64 (6; 5,8)

Abbreviations: n = number; CI = confidence interval; w = with; w/o = without.

aPatients could select multiple options, to report multiple events occurring, i.e. events are not mutually exclusive, therefore percentages do not sum to 100. Percentages represent the proportion of participants who have reported the event. If reporting multiple events, patients were classified in the analysis based off the highest numbered event they reported, if 1 is Never and 7 is ‘Condom never put on even though requested’.

bNot applicable refers to patients who have not/do not engaged in penetrative penile sex, includes 97 MSM who responded to survey but reported no receptive anal sex and 30 who selected not applicable.