Table 1.
Sociodemographic and other factors significantly associated with having unmet sexual health needs
| Variable | Total with sexual health need n=706 |
At least one need unmet n=365 |
All needs met n=341 |
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) |
| Gender identity | ||||
| Man | 332/704 (47%) | 158/364 (43%) | 174/340 (51%) | Ref |
| Woman | 334/704 (47%) | 185/364 (51%) | 149/340 (44%) | 1.37 (1.01 to 1.86) |
| Non-binary/gender-fluid/other | 38/704 (5%) | 21/364 (6%) | 17/340 (5%) | 1.36 (0.69 to 2.70) |
| Gender of sex partners prior to the pandemic | ||||
| Men who have sex with women only | 103/693 (15%) | 64/359 (18%) | 39/334 (12%) | Ref |
| Men who have sex with men and women | 28/693 (4%) | 16/359 (4%) | 12/334 (4%) | 0.81 (0.35 to 1.93) |
| Men who have sex with men only | 187/693 (27%) | 71/359 (20%) | 116/334 (35%) | 0.37 (0.23 to 0.61) |
| Women who have sex with men only | 242/693 (35%) | 127/359 (35%) | 115/334 (34%) | 0.67 (0.42 to 1.07) |
| Women who have sex with men and women | 73/693 (11%) | 49/359 (14%) | 24/334 (7%) | 1.24 (0.67 to 2.35) |
| Women who have sex with women only | 6/693 (1%) | 3/359 (1%) | 3/334 (1%) | 0.61 (0.11 to 3.43) |
| Other | 54/693 (8%) | 29/359 (8%) | 25/334 (7%) | 0.71 (0.36 to 1.38) |
| Type of sexual health service need | ||||
| Testing for a new, specific reason (eg, symptoms) | 183/706 (26%) | 79/365 (22%) | 104/341 (30%) | 1.27 (0.79 to 2.04) |
| Testing as per usual testing routine | 403/706 (57%) | 241/365 (66%) | 162/341 (48%) | 2.48 (1.64 to 3.79) |
| Speak with a healthcare provider about a sexual health concern | 149/692 (22%) | 87/355 (25%) | 62/337 (18%) | 1.44 (1.00 to 2.08) |
| Access birth control | 95/692 (14%) | 34/355 (10%) | 61/337 (18%) | 0.48 (0.30 to 0.75) |
| Access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis | 68/692 (10%) | 21/355 (6%) | 47/337 (14%) | 0.39 (0.22 to 0.66) |
| Access treatment for a new STI | 45/692 (7%) | 14/355 (4%) | 31/337 (9%) | 0.40 (0.21 to 0.76) |
| Access treatment for ongoing symptoms (eg, warts) | 36/692 (5%) | 17/355 (5%) | 19/337 (6%) | 0.84 (0.43 to 1.65) |
| Get a pregnancy test | 25/692 (4%) | 9/355 (3%) | 16/337 (5%) | 0.52 (0.22 to 1.17) |
| Access to condoms | 31/692 (4%) | 16/355 (5%) | 15/337 (4%) | 1.01 (0.49 to 2.10) |
| Access to harm reduction supplies | 7/692 (1%) | 5/355 (1%) | 2/337 (1%) | 2.39 (0.51 to 16.79) |
| Comfortable accessing in-person sexual health and testing services during the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| Strongly agree/agree | 418/700 (60%) | 152/363 (42%) | 266/337 (79%) | 0.19 (0.14 to 0.27) |
| Neither/disagree/strongly disagree | 282/700 (40%) | 211/363 (58%) | 71/337 (21%) | Ref |
| GetCheckedOnline user | 545/706 (77%) | 267/365 (73%) | 278/341 (82%) | 0.62 (0.43 to 0.88) |
Denominators for each variable exclude missing values. Column percentages were calculated excluding missing values per variable.
Bold: 95% CI excludes 1.