Table 3.
Logistics, counseling, adherence and stigma by participant characteristics.
| Race/Ethnicity | Sexual Orientation | Insurance Status | Annual Personal Income | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hispanic/Latinx | Black non-Hispanic | Asian non-Hispanic | Mixed/Other non-Hispanic | White non-Hispanic | Not Exclusively Homosexual | Exclusively Homosexual | Has Insurance | Does Not Have Insurance | <14,999 | >15,000 | |||||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P | |
| Healthcare access (pcrit =.025) | |||||||||||||||
| I am concerned about paying for PrEP | 2.85 (1.52) | 2.64 (1.48) | 2.22 (1.15) | 2.47 (1.54) | 2.73 (1.35) | 0.41 | 2.47 (1.36) | 2.73 (1.50) | 0.04 | 2.67 (1.42) | 2.36 (1.48) | 0.10 | 2.44 (1.38) | 2.74 (1.49) | 0.02 |
| I am concerned about having to see my doctor regularly to refill my prescriptions for PrEP | 3.57 (1.33) | 3.22 (1.31) | 2.89 (1.33) | 3.32 (1.42) | 3.45 (1.26) | 0.04 | 3.23 (1.37) | 3.51 (1.27) | 0.02 | 3.41 (1.29) | 3.36 (1.40) | 0.77 | 3.22 (1.34) | 3.50 (1.30) | 0.02 |
| Counseling and Support(pcrit =.025) | |||||||||||||||
| I am concerned about talcing PrEP without also getting counseling and support for taking PrEP | 3.32 (1.24) | 3.11 (1.38) | 2.83 (1.11) | 3.29 (1.43) | 3.81 (1.12) | < 0.001 | 3.29 (1.30) | 3.44 (1.27) | 0.22 | 3.49 (1.25) | 2.97 (1.35) | 0.002 | 3.17 (1.29) | 3.59 (1.23) | <0.001 |
| I am concerned about taking PrEP without also getting counseling and support for my sex life | 3.69 (1.25) | 3.38 (1.24) | 3.00 (1.15) | 3.79 (1.32) | 4.14 (0.96) | < 0.001 | 3.61 (1.21) | 3.77 (1.22) | 0.16 | 3.79 (1.18) | 3.54 (1.24) | 0.11 | 3.54 (1.24) | 3.84 (1.18) | 0.01 |
| Medication logistics (pcrit =.025) | |||||||||||||||
| I am concerned about taking a pill everyday | 3.02 (1.36) | 2.52 (1.35) | 2.53 (1.08) | 3.53 (1.41) | 3.45 (1.35) | <0.001 | 2.94 (1.36) | 3.09 (1.42) | 0.24 | 3.11 (1.38) | 3.09 (1.43) | 0.90 | 2.92 (1.40) | 3.14 (1.40) | 0.08 |
| I am concerned about taking PrEP if I don’t receive daily reminders (text messages, etc.) to take my pill | 3.50 (1.37) | 3.33 (1.42) | 3.03 (1.25) | 3.71 (1.29) | 3.75 (1.17) | 0.02 | 3.41 (1.36) | 3.60 (1.29) | 0.13 | 3.63 (1.28) | 3.28 (1.43) | 0.04 | 3.30 (1.39) | 3.69 (1.26) | 0.002 |
| Stigma (pcrit =.02) | |||||||||||||||
| I am concerned that people will see me taking medication and think I have HIV | 3.64 (1.38) | 3.46 (1.50) | 3.53 (1.21) | 4.05 (1.31) | 4.08 (1.12) | 0.002 | 3.66 (1.37) | 3.82 (1.32) | 0.19 | 3.82 (1.28) | 3.83 (1.40) | 0.95 | 3.54 (1.38) | 3.98 (1.26) | 0.001 |
| I am concerned that people will see me taking medication (PrEP) and will want to know why I am taking it | 3.29 (0.87) | 3.40 (1.34) | 3.28 (1.26) | 3.66 (1.34) | 3.85 (1.17) | 0.04 | 3.43 (1.35) | 3.72 (1.26) | 0.02 | 3.64 (1.29) | 3.59 (1.43) | 0.80 | 3.47 (1.28) | 3.74 (1.31) | 0.03 |
| I am concerned about having to talk to my doctor about my sex life if I am on PrEP | 4.03 (1.23) | 3.78 (1.35) | 3.56 (1.34) | 4.05 (1.27) | 4.21 (1.09) | 0.02 | 3.93 (1.26) | 4.03 (1.23) | 0.39 | 4.06 (1.21) | 4.20 (1.05) | 0.35 | 3.87 (1.34) | 4.16 (1.10) | 0.01 |
NOTE: Five point Likert scale 1= very concerned, 5= very unconcerned.