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

Table 2 Multivariable logistic regression models for receipt of safe sex counseling from primary care doctor

	Doctor ever talked about safe sex
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
	AOR (95% Confidence interval)
*Main Independent Variables*
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic black vs. white	2.38 (1.28, 4.44) ^*	2.82 (1.43, 5.56) ^*	2.78 (1.40, 5.56) ^**	2.71 (1.36, 5.42) ^*
Hispanic vs. white	1.87 (0.72, 4.87)	2.12 (0.77, 5.81)	2.58 (0.91, 7.26)	2.36 (0.83, 6.66)
Moderately severe to Severe depression (PHQ-9 score of ≥ 15)
Yes vs. No	1.05 (0.59, 1.89)	1.02 (0.56, 1.86)	1.05 (0.57, 1.94)	0.98 (0.53, 1.82)
Any manic or hypomanic episode
Yes vs. No	2.06 (1.12, 3.78) ^*	2.00 (1.08, 3.72) ^*	2.38 (1.25, 4.56) ^**	2.41 (1.26, 4.60) ^**
Three or more psychotic symptoms ^a
Yes vs. No	1.56 (0.62, 3.88)	1.80 (0.70, 4.58)	1.78 (0.68, 4.62)	1.78 (0.69, 4.62)
*Covariates*
Randomization group
Intervention vs. Control	0.86 (0.49, 1.49)	0.84 (0.48, 1.50)	0.87 (0.48, 1.57)	0.78 (0.43, 1.41)
Multiple Sex Partners (past 3 months)
Yes vs. No	0.67 (0.37, 1.23)	0.65 (0.35, 1.22)	0.77 (0.41, 1.46)	0.77 (0.41, 1.45)
Age ^b		0.97 (0.94, 1.00)	0.97 (0.94, 1.00)	0.97 (0.94, 1.00)
Gender
Female vs. Male		1.85 (0.97, 3.55)	1.70 (0.87, 3.30)	1.74 (0.90, 3.38)
Education
Less than high school vs. More than high school		1.24 (0.54, 2.85)	1.32 (0.56, 3.10)	1.45 (0.61, 3.46)
High school graduate vs. More than high school		0.85 (0.44, 1.63)	0.91 (0.47, 1.77)	0.92 (0.48, 1.79)
PCAS trust score ^c			1.03 (1.01, 1.04) ^**
PCAS communication score ^c				1.02 (1.01, 1.04) ^**

^* p<0.05.
^** p<0.01.
^a Defined as responding “sometimes”, “often” or “always” on three out of four BASIS24 questions.
^b AORs associated with a 1 year increase in age.
^c AORs associated with a 1 point increase in PCAS scale score.

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