Table 4.
Counseling practice in counseling sessions with MSM and trans persons who met the criteria to be offered PrEP according to the German and Austrian guideline (at-risk clients).
| Variable | Total sample | Type of center | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local health office | NG counseling center | ||||||
| Proportion of sessions with ‘at-risk’ MSM and trans persons in which the topic PrEP is addressed by the clients themselves (n = 115) | p < 0.001† | ||||||
| Mdn (IQR) | 20.00% | (30.00) | 10.00% | (10.00) | 30.00% | (40.00) | |
| M (SD) | 26.09% | (21.95) | 16.36% | (15.86) | 32.11% | (23.11) | |
| Min; Max | 0-100% | 0-80% | 0-100% | ||||
| Proportion of sessions with ‘at-risk’ MSM and trans persons in which the counselors themselves proactively address the topic PrEP (n = 116) | p = 0.003† | ||||||
| Mdn (IQR) | 50.00% | (70.00) | 30.00% | (70.00) | 50.00% | (60.00) | |
| M (SD) | 51.98% | (34.24) | 41.33% | (36.72) | 58.73% | (30.98) | |
| Min; Max | 0-100% | 0-100% | 10-100% | ||||
IQR, inter quartile range; M, mean; Max, maximum; Mdn, median; Min, minimum; SD, standard deviation.
†
From Mann-Whitney U tests of the null hypothesis that the median value of participants from local health offices is equal to that of participants from NG counseling centers.