Respondent demographics
| All DCE respondents | Restricted DCE respondents* | CHIC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | Median (IQR) or % | n | Median (IQR) or % | Median (IQR) or % |
| Age in years | 1069 | 46.0 (38.0–52.0) | 892 | 46.9 (38.0–52.0) | 45.0 (38.0–51.0)† |
| >50 years | 1069 | 38.0 | 892 | 37.0 | – |
| EQ-5D-3Lutility | 952 | 0.85 (0.69–1.00) | 742 | 0.85 (0.69–1.00) | – |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 922 | 85.3 | 793 | 87.6 | 81.6† |
| Female | 156 | 14.4 | 110 | 13.3 | 18.4† |
| Transgender | 3 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.2 | – |
| Sexual preference‡ | |||||
| Heterosexual | 267 | 25.1 | 186 | 20.9 | 26.1† |
| Homosexual§ | 736 | 69.0 | 655 | 73.4 | 67.2† |
| Bisexual | 43 | 4.0 | 33 | 3.7 | – |
| Prefer not to say | 20 | 1.9 | 18 | 2.0 | – |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| White | 794 | 74.0 | 669 | 74.8 | 64.6† |
| Black African | 150 | 14.0 | 110 | 12.3 | 18.6 |
| Black other | 29 | 2.7 | 25 | 2.8 | 5.1 |
| Other/mixed race | 100 | 9.3 | 91 | 10.2 | 9.9 |
| Clinic location | |||||
| London | 584 | 52.8 | – | – | – |
| Brighton | 342 | 30.9 | – | – | – |
| Other | 180 | 16.3 | – | – | – |
| Highest qualification | |||||
| None | 100 | 9.5 | – | – | – |
| GCSE/‘O’ levels | 204 | 19.3 | – | – | – |
| ‘A’ levels | 194 | 18.4 | – | – | – |
| Degree or above | 482 | 45.7 | – | – | – |
| Other | 75 | 7.1 | – | – | – |
| In full-time employment | |||||
| Yes | 585 | 55.3 | – | – | – |
| No | 473 | 44.7 | – | – | – |
| Last CD4 count (cells/mm3) | |||||
| <200 | 107 | 10.1 | 80 | 10.2 | 2.5† |
| 200–349 | 109 | 10.3 | 87 | 11.2 | 8.3† |
| 350–500 | 195 | 18.4 | 156 | 20.1 | 20.6† |
| More than 500 | 525 | 49.4 | 455 | 58.5 | 68.7† |
| Unsure | 126 | 11.9 | – | – | – |
| Lowest CD4 count (cells/mm3) | |||||
| <50 | 212 | 20.3 | 174 | 24.1 | 12.4† |
| 50–100 | 120 | 11.5 | 94 | 13.0 | 10.9† |
| 101–200 | 175 | 16.8 | 152 | 21.0 | 24.9† |
| 201–350 | 210 | 20.1 | 171 | 23.7 | 31.8† |
| >350 | 150 | 14.4 | 132 | 18.3 | 20.0† |
| Unsure | 176 | 16.9 | – | – | – |
| Year diagnosed | |||||
| Before 1996 | 197 | 18.9 | – | – | – |
| 1996–2000 | 240 | 15.7 | – | – | – |
| 2001–2005 | 242 | 23.3 | – | – | – |
| 2006–2010 | 163 | 23.1 | – | – | – |
| After 2010 | 198 | 19.0 | – | – | – |
| Currently receiving cART¶ | 1003 | 92.7 | 838 | 92.3 | 88.9 |
| Current health problems | |||||
| None | 317 | 32.9 | – | – | – |
| 1–2 | 387 | 40.1 | – | – | – |
| 3–4 | 158 | 16.4 | – | – | – |
| 5–6 | 66 | 6.8 | – | – | – |
| 7–16 | 37 | 3.8 | – | – | – |
| Registered with a GP | |||||
| Yes | 1031 | 95.7 | – | – | – |
| No | 46 | 4.3 | – | – | – |
| Does GP know your HIV status¶ | |||||
| Yes | 906 | 86.5 | – | – | – |
| No | 142 | 13.5 | – | – | – |
| Does GP know your sexuality** | |||||
| Yes | 765 | 73.6 | – | – | – |
| No | 274 | 26.4 | – | – | – |
Some numbers do not sum exactly to 1106 or 100% due to missing values and/or rounding.
*London and Brighton respondents only.
†UK CHIC (n=14 972).
‡For UK CHIC data this was defined as mode of HIV acquisition.
§All were either male or transgender.
¶Responses indicating a person was unsure if a GP knew their HIV status were coded as the GP ‘not knowing’.
**MSM or bisexual participants who indicated that they were unsure if their GP knew their sexuality were coded as the GP ‘not knowing’, whereas a GP was indicated as ‘knowing’ if a person was heterosexual.
DCE, discrete choice experiment; GP, general practitioner; MSM, men who have sex with men.