Table 4.

Sexual behavior, PrEP eligibility criteria and HIV perceived risk among individuals reporting negative/unknown HIV status according to PrEP use during social distancing period

	Total N = 2672	Not on PrEP N = 2143 (80.2%)	On PrEP N = 529 (19.8%)	p-value
Sex during social distancing period
Yes, with any partner	1012 (37.9)	739 (34.5)	273 (51.6)	< 0.001
Yes, only with steady partners	447 (16.7)	326 (15.2)	121 (22.9)
Sex abstinence	1213 (45.4)	1078 (50.3)	135 (25.5)
Steady partners				< 0.001
No	1736 (65.0)	1458 (68.0)	278 (52.6)
Yes, HIV negative	647 (24.2)	495 (23.1)	152 (28.7)
Yes, HIV positive undetectable VL	150 (5.6)	82 (3.8)	68 (12.9)
Yes, HIV positive detectable/unknown VL	14 (0.5)	8 (0.4)	6 (1.1)
Yes, HIV unknown	125 (4.7)	100 (4.7)	25 (4.7)
Condomless receptive anal sex with steady partners				< 0.001
No	2244 (84.0)	1874 (87.4)	370 (69.9)
Yes	428 (16.0)	269 (12.6)	159 (30.1)
Number of casual partners				< 0.001
No	1673 (62.6)	1415 (66.0)	258 (48.8)
1	381 (14.3)	302 (14.1)	79 (14.9)
2 to 5	505 (18.9)	357 (16.7)	148 (28.0)
> 5	113 (4.2)	69 (3.2)	44 (8.3)
Condomless receptive anal sex with casual partner				< 0.001
No	2292 (85.8)	1918 (89.5)	374 (70.7)
Yes	380 (14.2)	225 (10.5)	155 (29.3)
Change in number of sexual partners				0.086
Increased	91 (3.4)	75 (3.5)	16 (3.0)
Same	837 (31.3)	691 (32.2)	146 (27.6)
Decreased	1744 (65.3)	1377 (64.3)	367 (69.4)
Transactional sex				0.003
No	2594 (97.1)	2092 (97.6)	502 (94.9)
Yes	78 (2.9)	51 (2.4)	27 (5.1)
Main venue to find casual partners (n = 1012)				0.357
Online	779 (76.8)	574 (77.6)	205 (74.8)
Other	235 (23.2)	166 (22.4)	69 (25.2)
PrEP eligibility criteria				< 0.001
No	1857 (69.5)	1630 (76.1)	227 (42.9)
Yes	815 (30.5)	513 (23.9)	302 (57.1)
HIV perceived risk				< 0.001
No risk	1581 (59.2)	1306 (60.9)	275 (52.0)
Low risk	870 (32.6)	654 (30.5)	216 (40.8)
High	221 (8.3)	183 (8.5)	38 (7.2)

Brazil, 2020

N = 2,672