Table 2.
Association between participant characteristics and the likelihood of using the border-crossing approach.
| Participant characteristic | Baseline | Follow-up | ||||||||
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ORa (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | ||
| Demographics | ||||||||||
| Age (years) | 0.74 (0.61-0.87) | .001 | —b | — | 0.86 (0.73-0.97) | .03 | — | — | ||
| Ethnicity (ref: nonblackc) | ||||||||||
| Black | 8.20 (3.30-21.19) | <.001 | 5.73 (2.06-16.61) | .002 | 15.36 | <.001 | 14.42 (4.48-53.11) | <.001 | ||
| Education (ref: high school diploma or less) | ||||||||||
| College/undergraduate degree or more | 0.49 (0.18-1.19) | .10 | — | — | 0.79 (0.28-2.07) | .64 | — | — | ||
| Total family income (Can $; ref: 0-29,999) | ||||||||||
| 30,000-59,000 | 1.80 (0.60-5.14) | .29 | — | — | 3.49 (0.99-12.21) | .05 | — | — | ||
| >60,000 | 0.76 (0.24-2.31) | .62 | — | — | 0.69 (0.19-2.34) | .69 | — | — | ||
| PrEPd access | ||||||||||
| Medication insurance (ref: private insurance or full government coverage) | ||||||||||
| Out of pocket | 5.75 (2.26-16.72) | <.001 | 5.18 (1.82-17.04) | .003 | 7.20 (2.59-23.60) | <.001 | 6.69 (2.07-25.91) | .003 | ||
| Has a primary care provider that the respondent thinks would be willing to prescribe PrEP | 6.39 (2.66-16.00) | <.001 | 4.42 (1.63-12.41) | .004 | 5.77 (2.18-15.91) | <.001 | — | — | ||
| Has previously used PrEP | 5.83 (1.62-37.45) | .02 | — | — | 3.88 (1.21-17.37) | .04 | — | — | ||
| Able and willing to pay more than Can $100 per month for PrEP | 0.66 (0.28-1.53) | .31 | — | — | 1.02 (0.37-3.10) | .97 | — | — | ||
| Risk factors | ||||||||||
| High Incidence Risk Index for men who have sex with men score | 1.09 (1.03-1.15) | .002 | — | — | 1.10 (1.04-1.18) | .002 | — | — | ||
| Number of male sex partners in the past 3 months | 1.05 (0.90-1.23) | .63 | — | — | 1.03 (0.87-1.23) | .76 | — | — | ||
| Perceived chance of getting HIV in the next year (ref: little to none) | ||||||||||
| More than a little or greater | 0.97 (0.37-2.87) | .91 | — | — | 0.53 (0.20-1.42) | .19 | — | — | ||
| Ever diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection | 1.94 (0.72-6.18) | .19 | — | — | 2.38 (0.80-8.76) | .15 | — | — | ||
| Party drug use in the past 6 monthse | 1.59 (0.67-4.13) | .31 | — | — | 1.61 (0.62-4.56) | .34 | — | — | ||
| Ever participated in chemsex/party and play | 2.34 (0.93-6.76) | .12 | — | — | — | .16 | — | |||
| Perceptions of the border-crossing approach | ||||||||||
| First heard about the approach from (ref: friend[s]) | ||||||||||
| Other (health care provider, community organization, online, etc) | 0.25 (0.10-0.60) | .003 | — | — | 0.20 (0.06-0.52) | .002 | — | — | ||
| Number of barriers perceived/anticipated | 1.19 (0.88-1.65) | .28 | — | — | 0.97 (0.73-1.31) | .87 | — | — | ||
| Concerned about the legality of the approach | 1.47 (0.63-3.44) | .40 | — | — | 1.67 (0.66-4.39) | .28 | — | — | ||
| Knows someone who uses the approach | 6.70 (2.53-21.20) | <.001 | — | — | 2.42 (0.95-6.97) | .07 | — | — | ||
aOR: odds ratio.
bFurther analysis not run on these variables.
cWhite, East Asian, South Asian, and Latin American.
dPrEP: pre-exposure prophylaxis.
eParty drugs specified as methamphetamines, gamma-hydroxybutyrate, amyl nitrate, cocaine, crack, ketamine, and injectable drugs.