Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of sex and injecting partners identified in the pre‐assisted partner testing and post‐assisted partner testing periods in Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan
| Variable | Total (N = 5980) | Kazakhstan (N = 2401) | Kyrgyz Republic (N = 2072) | Tajikistan (N = 1507) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre‐APN (N = 2245, 37.5%) | APN (N = 3735, 62.5%) | p‐value | Pre‐APN (N = 1333, 55.5%) | APN (N = 1068, 44.5%) | p‐value | Pre‐APN (N = 405, 19.6%) | APN (N = 1667, 80.5%) | p‐value | Pre‐APN (N = 507, 33.6%) | APN (N = 1000, 66.4%) | p‐value | |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||||
| Female | 1129 (50.3) | 1960 (52.5) | 0.101 | 618 (46.4) | 478 (44.8) | 0.433 | 258 (63.7) | 859 (51.5) | <0.001 | 253 (49.9) | 623 (62.3) | <0.001 |
| Age (median, interquartile range | 37 (31 to 44) | 35 (29 to 42) | <0.001 | 37 (31 to 43) | 36 (30 to 42) | 0.018 | 38 (31 to 45) | 36 (30 to 43) | 0.010 | 37 (30 to 44) | 34 (28 to 40) | <0.001 |
| Tested for HIV previouslya | 204 (22.4) | 193 (12.6) | <0.001 | – | – | – | 128 (31.8) | 85 (16.1) | <0.001 | 76 (15.0) | 108 (10.8) | 0.019 |
| Shared needles with recruiterb | 28 (1.5) | 79 (4.3) | <0.001 | 2 (0.2) | 3 (0.3) | 0.465 | 20 (5.1) | 13 (2.5) | 0.035 | 6 (2.8) | 63 (26.8) | <0.001 |
| Had sex with recruiterc | 1927 (99.7) | 1791 (97.8) | <0.001 | 1311 (99.9) | 1066 (99.8) | 0.448 | 400 (99.0) | 524 (99.2) | 0.703 | 216 (100) | 201 (85.5) | <0.001 |
| Migration experienced | 224 (44.2) | 329 (32.9) | <0.001 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 224 (44.2) | 329 (32.9) | <0.001 |
| Positive HIV test | 161 (7.2) | 322 (8.6) | 0.048 | 58 (4.4) | 65 (6.1) | 0.058 | 32 (7.9) | 105 (6.3) | 0.247 | 71 (14.0) | 152 (15.2) | 0.537 |
| Year traced | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | 202 (9.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 | 186 (14.0) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 | |
| <0.001 | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2043 (91.0) | 538 (14.4) | 1147 (86.1) | 324 (30.3) | 389 (96.1) | 214 (12.8) | 507 (100) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| 2018 | 0 (0.0) | 3197 (85.6) | 0 (0.0) | 744 (69.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1453 (87.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1000 (100) | ||||
| Where HIV tested | ||||||||||||
| RDT at external site | 109 (4.9) | 3 (0.08) | <0.001 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 | 13 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 | 96 (18.9) | 3 (0.3) | <0.001 |
| RDT at implementing NGO | 1514 (67.4) | 3723 (99.7) | 712 (53.4) | 1061 (99.3) | 391 (96.5) | 1665 (100) | 411 (81.1) | 997 (99.7) | ||||
| ELISA at external site | 622 (27.7) | 7 (0.2) | 621 (46.6) | 7 (0.7) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
APN, assisted partner notification; NGO, non‐governmental organization; RDT, rapid diagnostic test.
aHIV testing data were not collected in Kazakhstan. Additionally, 1142 partners in the Kyrgyz Republic (2 in the pre‐APN period and 1140 in the APN period) were missing data on HIV testing history; b2230 partners were missing data on needle sharing with their recruiter (324 pre‐APN and 1906 APN). By country, 24 partners in Kazakhstan (22 pre‐APN and 2 APN), 1150 in the Kyrgyz Republic (11 pre‐APN and 1139 APN) and 1056 from Tajikistan (291 pre‐APN and 765 APN) were missing data on needle sharing with their recruiter; c2217 partners were missing data on having sex with their recruiter (313 pre‐APN and 1904 APN). By country, 21 partners from Kazakhstan (21 pre‐APN and 0 APN), 1140 partners from the Kyrgyz Republic (1 pre‐APN and 1139 APN) and 1056 from Tajikistan (291 pre‐APN and 765 APN) were missing data on having sex with their recruiter; dmigration data only collected in Tajikistan. Migration experience was defined as ever having lived or worked outside of the country. 1738 partners from the pre‐APN period and 2735 from the post‐APN period were missing data on migration experience.