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. 2022 Apr 6;8(4):e27792. doi: 10.2196/27792

Table 6.

Independent association between CuNETa and sexual health factors among a cross-sectional sample of sexually active forcibly displaced adolescents living in the slums of Kampala (N=100)b.


Values Recent consistent condom use Values Access to SRHc services Values STId testing (Ever)


aORe (95% CI) P value
aOR (95% CI) P value
aOR (95% CI) P value
CuNet, mean (SD) 24.31 (8.46) 1.73 (1.24-2.41) .001 f 21.13 (8.60) 1.51 (0.99-2.30) .05 14.31 (11.14) 0.90 (0.64-1.26) .54
Age (years), mean (SD) 17.96 (0.96) 0.92 (0.33-4.05) .84 17.60 (1.07) 0.26 (0.09-0.78) .02 18.34 (0.97) 2.49 (1.19-5.22) .02
Gender (ref boys), n (%)

Girls 21 (80.8) 0.83 (0.19-3.67) .81 19 (73.1) 0.79 (0.08-8.14) .85 48 (96) 0.09 (0.01-0.89) .04

Boys 5 (19.2) N/Ag N/A 7 (26.9) N/A N/A 2 (4) N/A N/A
Mobile phone ownership (ref no mobile phone), n (%)

Yes 24 (92.3) 0.23 (0.04-1.51) .13 12 (80) 0.37 (0.04-3.51) .39 27 (84.4) 0.51 (0.51-12.36) .26

No 2 (8.7) N/A N/A 3 (20) N/A N/A 5 (15.6) N/A N/A
Dating relationship (ref no dating relation), n (%)

Dating 26 (100) 1.15 (0.33-2.41) .83 N/A N/A N/A 30 (93.8) 0.28 (0.07-1.16) .08

Not dating 0 (0) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 (6.3) N/A N/A
Education (ref postsecondary education), n (%)

Secondary or less than secondary school 12 (48) 0.74 (0.16-3.42) .70 N/A N/A N/A 23 (71.9) 0.64 (0.12-3.43) .61

Postsecondary education 13 (52) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9 (28.1) N/A N/A

aCuNET: condom use negotiated experiences through technology.

bCuNET scale summarized scores were calculated for the 5 items; higher scores indicated higher support for using sexing to negotiate condom use. Due to distribution in the access to sexual and reproductive health services variable, only adjusted for 3 variables.

cSRH: sexual and reproductive health.

dSTI: sexually transmitted infection.

eaOR: adjusted odds ratio.

fStatistically significant.

gN/A: not applicable.