Not had a recent test (n=434) n (%) | Had a recent test(n=259) n (%) | OR | 95% CI | p Value | AOR (n=623) | 95% CI | p Value | |
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Demographics | ||||||||
Age | ||||||||
<25 | 100 (51.3) | 95 (48.7) | 1 | 1 | ||||
25+ | 330 (66.9) | 163 (33.1) | 0.52 | (0.37–0.73) | <0.001 | 0.46 | (0.32–0.68) | <0.001 |
Frequency of gay scene use | ||||||||
Once a month or less | 103 (66.0) | 53 (34.0) | 1 | 0.265 | ||||
2–3 times a month | 136 (64.5) | 75 (35.5) | 1.07 | (0.69–1.66) | ||||
Once or more a week | 190 (59.2) | 131 (40.8) | 1.34 | (0.90–2.00) | ||||
Employment | ||||||||
Employed or self-employed | 358 (65.1) | 192 (34.9) | 1 | 1 | ||||
Unemployed, student, retired | 76 (53.9) | 65 (46.1) | 1.60 | (1.1–2.32) | 0.015 | 1.48 | (0.97–2.25) | 0.068 |
Area of residence | ||||||||
Rest of Scotland | 89 (63.1) | 52 (36.9) | 1 | |||||
Glasgow | 345 (62.5) | 207 (37.5) | 1.03 | (0.7–1.51) | 0.892 | |||
Education | ||||||||
Secondary | 78 (65.0) | 42 (35.0) | 0.82 | (0.52–1.28) | ||||
Further/vocational | 189 (63.9) | 107 (36.1) | 0.86 | (0.61–1.21) | ||||
Degree/Postgraduate | 162 (60.2) | 107 (39.8) | 1 | 0.565 | ||||
HIV status* | ||||||||
HIV tested and HIV positive | 8 (38.1) | 13 (61.9) | ||||||
HIV tested and HIV negative | 272 (57.0) | 205 (43.0) | ||||||
Never been tested | 128 (94.8) | 7 (5.2) | ||||||
Sexual behaviour in the previous 12 months. | ||||||||
Number of sexual partners | ||||||||
0–5 partners | 307 (68.8) | 139 (31.2) | 1 | 1 | ||||
6+ partners | 114 (51.6) | 107 (48.4) | 2.07 | (1.49–2.89) | <0.001 | 2.10 | (1.47–2.99) | <0.001 |
Had any high-risk UAI | ||||||||
No | 277 (62.4) | 167 (37.6) | 1 | |||||
Yes | 157 (63.1) | 92 (36.9) | 0.97 | (0.71–1.34) | 0.862 | |||
Contact with sexual health promotion in the previous 12 months. | ||||||||
Obtained free condoms from a bar/club sauna or the internet | ||||||||
No | 105 (66.9) | 52 (33.1) | 1 | |||||
Yes | 317 (61.0) | 203 (39.0) | 1.29 | (0.89–1.88) | 0.181 | |||
Picked up a sexual health leaflet in a bar/club/sauna, or looked for safer sex/sexual health information on the internet | ||||||||
No | 213 (64.7) | 116 (35.3) | 1 | |||||
Yes | 208 (60.1) | 138 (39.9) | 1.22 | (0.89–1.67) | 0.215 | |||
Talked to an outreach worker in a bar/club or sauna, or participated in one-to-one or group counselling sessions on sexual health or HIV prevention | ||||||||
No | 338 (65.6) | 177 (34.4) | 1 | 1 | ||||
Yes | 83 (51.9) | 77 (48.1) | 1.77 | (1.24–2.54) | 0.002 | 1.66 | (1.11–2.49) | 0.014 |
Sexual health and condom use knowledge. | ||||||||
Sexual health knowledge score | ||||||||
Less than maximum score | 143 (72.6) | 54 (27.4) | 1 | 1 | ||||
Maximum score | 280 (58.1) | 202 (41.9) | 1.91 | (1.33–2.74) | <0.001 | 1.59 | (1.05–2.42) | 0.029 |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||||||
Condom knowledge | 7.03 (7.07) | 8.89 (6.81) | 1.04 | (1.02–1.07) | 0.001 | 1.04 | (1.01–1.06) | 0.011 |
Norms | ||||||||
Mean of barebacking items | 2.52 (0.88) | 2.57 (0.91) | 1.07 | (0.90–1.28) | 0.447 | |||
ANCCU norm scale | 3.82 (0.71) | 3.82 (0.86) | 1.00 | (0.81–1.23) | 0.993 | |||
Safer sex scale | 3.73 (0.81) | 3.79 (0.80) | 1.10 | (0.90–1.34) | 0.344 |
*Not included in univariate and multivariate analyses because of inadequate cell counts.
ANCCU, attitude and norm of contemporary condom use scale; AOR, adjusted OR; MSM, men who have sex with men; STI, sexually transmitted infection; UAI, unprotected anal intercourse.