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. 2022 Sep 28;10(9):e37868. doi: 10.2196/37868

Table 2.

Positive Peers App use by patient characteristics (months 1-3).

Characteristic Logged in? (n=114), n (%) Number of times user logged in (n=93), median (IQR) Number of user acts (n=93), median (IQR)

Yes No

Overall 93 (81.6) 21 (18.4) 9.0 (4.0-18.0) 101.0 (46.0-183.0)
Age group (years)

13-24 34 (85) 6 (15) 11.0 (4.0-18.0) 93.5 (48.0-161.0)

25-29 42 (80.8) 10 (19.2) 9.0 (5.0-18.0) 115.5 (65.0-183.0)

30-34 17 (77.3) 5 (22.7) 6.0 (3.0-21.0) 58.0 (30.0-214.0)
Sex at birth

Male 82 (82) 18 (18) 8.5 (4.0-18.0) 104.0 (48.0-184.0)

Female 11 (78.6) 3 (21.4) 11.0 (2.0-19.0) 85.0 (30.0-151.0)
Race and ethnicity

African American 61 (78.2) 17 (21.8) 8.0 (3.0-16.0) 94.0 (38.0-171.0)

White 19 (86.4) 3 (13.6) 9.0 (5.0-18.0) 140.0 (63.0-193.0)

Multiracial or other 13 (92.9) 1 (7.1) 9.0 (4.0-19.0) 88.0 (65.0-183.0)
Latinx

Yes 12 (85.7) 2 (14.3) 12.5 (9.0-23.5) 145.5 (91.5-237.0)

No 81 (81) 19 (19) 8.0 (4.0-16.0) 93.0 (43.0-180.0)
Newly diagnosed

Yes 38 (84.4) 7 (15.6) 12.0 (6.0-18.0) 118.5 (65.0-192.0)

No, noncongenital 46 (78) 13 (22) 6.5 (3.0-18.0) 97.5 (41.0-193.0)

No, congenital 9 (90) 1 (10) 9.0 (2.0-12.0) 65.0 (38.0-94.0)
Sexual preference

Straight 21 (80.8) 5 (19.2) 8.0 (2.0-15.0) 70.0 (31.0-150.0)

Not straight 72 (81.8) 16 (18.2) 9.0 (5.0-18.0) 113.5 (57.0-188.0)
School completed

HSa graduate 75 (83.3) 15 (16.7) 9.0 (4.0-18.0) 102.0 (45.0-184.0)

Not an HS graduate 18 (75) 6 (25) 8.0 (3.0-18.0) 93.5 (46.0-169.0)
Employment status

Full time 26 (92.9) 2 (7.1) 11.5 (5.0-18.0) 106.0 (70.0-193.0)

Part time 21 (84) 4 (16) 5.0 (4.0-16.0) 88.0 (42.0-182.0)

Unemployed 37 (75.5) 12 (24.5) 9.0 (5.0-18.0) 113.0 (45.0-183.0)

Otherb 9 (75) 3 (25) 4.0 (2.0-12.0) 84.0 (38.0-150.0)
Health insurers

No insurance 10 (90.9) 1 (9.1) 8.5 (4.0-16.0) 114.5 (48.0-161.0)

Medicaid or Medicare 60 (76) 19 (24) 8.0 (4.0-15.5) 84.5 (36.0-183.5)

Private 13 (100) 0 (0) 12.0 (8.0-22.0) 171.0 (106.0-248.0)

Other insurance 9 (100) 0 (0) 9.0 (5.0-21.0) 94.0 (88.0-137.0)
Relationship status

Single and not dating anyone 64 (83.1) 13 (16.9) 9.0 (4.0-18.5) 104.0 (44.5-199.5)

In a relationship 29 (78.4) 8 (21.6) 8.0 (3.0-16.0) 94.0 (45.0-171.0)
Incarceration

0 times 44 (84.6) 8 (15.4) 10.5 (4.5-18.0) 104.0 (42.5-214.5)

1-2 times 26 (83.9) 5 (16.1) 8.5 (5.0-14.0) 97.5 (58.0-169.0)

≥3 times 23 (74.2) 8 (25.8) 6.0 (3.0-18.0) 89.0 (31.0-310.0)

aHS: high school.

bIn school, disability.