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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 31.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Educ Prev. 2019 Dec;31(6):523–537. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2019.31.6.523

Table 2b.

Multiple stigma by app use, stratified by HIV-status.

Scale HIV+ app users HIV+ non-users HIV− app users HIV− non-users
N=126b N=71b N=196b N=78b
Median
score
IQR Median
score
IQR P-valuea Median
score
IQR Median
score
IQR P-valuea
Perceived HIV discrimination 10.8 5-16 8.3 1-14 0.049 10.8 5-15 8.5 2-12 0.01
Perceived HIV stigma 15.5 10-21 14.9 8-23 0.71 18.1 13-24 14.7 9-21 0.005
Experienced sexual minority stigma 9.4 0-15 4.9 0-6 0.001 7.4 0-12 5.5 0-9 0.03
Internalized homophobia 8.5 2-13 8.3 1-13 0.54 8.1 2-12 6.1 0-11 0.04
Perceived the world as dangerous for LGBTQ 16.2 12-21 14.9 6-21 0.35 15.4 12-21 14.4 9-21 0.25
Perceived a rise in homophobia/transphobia 12.0 3-18 10.0 0-18 0.15 11.8 3-18 10.1 3-18 0.16
Racial discrimination 8.1 0-12 3.4 0-6 0.0002 8.1 0-15 3.2 0-3 <0.0001
Experienced HIV discrimination (HIV-positive only) 5.9 0-9 4.4 0-6 0.16
Internalized HIV stigma (HIV-positive only) 6.7 0-10 6.0 0-9 0.35

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range.

a

P-values were obtained from the Kruskal-Wallis test.

b

Number of missing responses does not exceed 10% for any group