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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2020 Aug 13;50(4):1793–1803. doi: 10.1007/s10508-020-01791-y

Table 3.

Individual Barriers to PrEP Subscales and Psychosocial Scales differences among PrEP-Naïve and Former PrEP users


Full Sample PrEP-Naïve Former-PrEP

n= 6283 n= 5383 n= 900

Scale n % n % n % t-test p-value
  Barrier -Stigma ( Range: 5 -20) 7.3 3.4 7.4 3.4 6.7 3 6.28 <0.001
  Barrier - Provider Concerns (Range: 2- 8) 3.9 2 4 2.1 3.1 1.6 13.32 <0.001
  Barriers - Health Consequences (Range: 4 - 16) 10.6 3.3 10.7 3.3 10 3.3 5.81 <0.001
  Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale 28.9 6.1 28.9 6.1 28.9 6 0.1 0.91
  PHQ-4 4 3.6 3.94 6.7 4.17 3.7 1.7 0.077
  Internalized Homophobia 26.6 7.9 26.76 7.9 25.65 7.6 3.91 <0.001