Table 1.
Characteristics of all participants
| Participants | n=37 |
| Age | |
| (average, range) | 37.9 (23–71) years |
| Ethnicity* | |
| White | 28 (75.7%) |
| Chinese | 2 (5.4%) |
| White+Filipino | 1 (2.7%) |
| Chinese +South East Asian | 1 (2.7%) |
| Arab/West Asian | 1 (2.7%) |
| Filipino | 1 (2.7%) |
| South Asian | 1 (2.7%) |
| Latin American | 1 (2.7%) |
| Indigenous | 0 (0%) |
| Black | 0 (0%) |
| Sexual identity | |
| Gay | 27 (72.9%) |
| Bisexual | 7 (18.9%) |
| Straight | 1 (2.7%) |
| ‘Hetero-flexible’ | 1 (2.7%) |
| Queer | 1 (2.7%) |
| Born in Canada | |
| Yes | 22 (59.5%) |
| No | 15 (40.5%) |
| Education | |
| High school or less | 5 (13.5%) |
| College/undergraduate | 19 (51.4%) |
| Graduate or more | 7 (18.9%) |
| Missing | 6 (16.2%) |
| Testing frequency | |
| Approximately every 3 months | 15 (40.5%) |
| Approximately every 6 months | 11 (29.7%) |
| Approximately every year | 2 (5.4%) |
| Other* | 5 (13.5%) |
| No data | 4 (10.8%) |
| Most recent testing experience | |
| GCO | 28 (76%) |
| Clinic-based | 9 (24%) |
| Most recent testing experience with GCO | |
| Complete testing | 31 (84%) |
| Created testing requisition but did not complete testing | 6 (16%) |
*’Other’ includes answers which are not temporal (eg, ‘after a “risky” encounter’; ‘every 6–7 partners’).
GCO, GetCheckedOnline.com.