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Table 1 Sample characteristics by receipt of safe sex counseling and practicing safer sex due to counseling

From: Disparities in safe sex counseling & behavior among individuals with substance dependence: a cross-sectional study

 

Doctor ever talked about safe sex n (%)

Ever practiced safe sex because of doctor’s advice n (%)

 

Yes

No

Totala

p-valueb

Yes

No

Totala

p-valueb

 

(n=195)

(n=80)

(n=275)

 

(n=149)

(n=46)

(n=195)

 

Race/ethnicity

Non-Hispanic white

74 (61.2)

47 (38.8)

121

0.007

51 (68.9)

23 (31.1)

74

0.12

Non-Hispanic black

97 (78.9)

26 (21.1)

123

 

77 (79.4)

20 (20.6)

97

 

Hispanic

24 (77.4)

7 (22.6)

31

 

21 (87.5)

3 (12.5)

24

 

Moderately severe to Severe depression (PHQ-9 score of ≥ 15)

Yes

114 (71.7)

45 (28.3)

159

0.82

89 (78.1)

25 (21.9)

114

0.52

No

81 (70.4)

34 (29.6)

115

 

60 (74.1)

21 (25.9)

81

 

Any manic or hypomanic episode

Yes

88 (80.0)

22 (20.0)

110

0.007

67 (76.1)

21 (23.9)

88

0.94

No

107 (64.8)

58 (35.2)

165

 

82 (76.6)

25 (23.4)

107

 

Three or more psychotic symptomsc

Yes

36 (83.7)

7 (16.3)

43

0.04

31 (86.1)

5 (13.9)

36

0.19

No

159 (68.5)

73 (31.5)

232

 

118 (74.2)

41 (25.8)

159

 

Age (years)

<30

37 (69.8)

16 (30.2)

53

0.82

27 (73.0)

10 (27.0)

37

0.3

31-39

43 (72.9)

16 (27.1)

59

 

32 (74.4)

11 (25.6)

43

 

40-49

80 (72.7)

30 (27.3)

110

 

59 (73.8)

21 (26.2)

80

 

≥50

35 (66.0)

18 (34.0)

53

 

31 (88.6)

4 (11.4)

35

 

Gender

Female

70 (79.6)

18 (20.4)

88

0.03

55 (78.6)

15 (21.4)

70

0.6

Male

125 (66.8)

62 (33.2)

187

 

94 (75.2)

31 (24.8)

125

 

Education

Less than high school

49 (79.0)

13 (21.0)

62

0.28

39 (79.6)

10 (20.4)

49

0.82

High school graduate

91 (68.4)

42 (31.6)

133

 

69 (75.8)

22 (24.2)

91

 

More than high school

55 (68.8)

25 (31.2)

80

 

41 (74.6)

14 (25.4)

55

 

Randomization group

Control

102 (72.3)

39 (27.7)

141

0.59

78 (76.5)

24 (23.5)

102

0.98

Intervention

93 (69.4)

41 (30.6)

134

 

71 (76.3)

22 (23.7)

93

 

Multiple Sex Partners d

No

134 (71.7)

53 (28.3)

187

0.58

108 (80.6)

26 (19.4)

134

0.03

Yes

56 (68.3)

26 (31.7)

82

 

37 (66.1)

19 (33.9)

56

 

PCAS trust score

0-25

2 (66.7)

1 (33.3)

3

0.02

2 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

2

0.83

26-50

11 (45.8)

13 (54.2)

24

 

8 (72.7)

3 (27.3)

11

 

51-75

91 (70.0)

39 (30.0)

130

 

67 (73.6)

24 (26.4)

91

 

76-100

91 (77.1)

27 (22.9)

118

 

72 (79.1)

19 (20.9)

91

 

PCAS communication score

0-25

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

3

0.06

1 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

1

0.9

26-50

16 (57.1)

12 (42.9)

28

 

12 (75.0)

4 (25.0)

16

 

51-75

68 (68.7)

31 (31.3)

99

 

51 (75.0)

17 (25.0)

68

 

76-100

110 (76.4)

34 (23.6)

144

 

85 (77.3)

25 (22.7)

110

 
  1. a missing responses not shown.
  2. b p-values calculated based on chi-square or Fisher’s exact tests as appropriate; p-values in bold are statistically significant (p<0.05).
  3. c Defined as responding “sometimes”, “often” or “always” on three out of four BASIS24 questions.
  4. d >1 sex partner within the past three months.