| Medical management of genital herpes | Patient characteristics | |||||||||
| Years since diagnosis | p Value | Outbreaks past 12 months | p Value | |||||||
| 0–1(n = 40) | 2–4(n = 50) | 5–10(n = 100) | 11+(n = 209) | 0(n = 138) | 1–2(n = 142) | 3–5(n = 77) | 6+(n = 43) | |||
| Current use of anti-viral therapy (%) | ||||||||||
| Episodic therapy | 18 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 30 | 40 | <0.001 | |
| Suppressive therapy | 8 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 16 | ||
| Not taking prescription drugs | 75 | 64 | 67 | 75 | 91 | 70 | 55 | 44 | ||
| Ever discussed option of prescription suppressive therapy with a GP/family doctor (%) | ||||||||||
| Yes | 35 | 40 | 22 | 21 | <0.05 | 12 | 21 | 34 | 60 | <0.001 |
| No | 65 | 56 | 73 | 77 | 83 | 77 | 64 | 37 | ||
| Don’t know | – | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
Differences across years since diagnosis and outbreaks tested using χ2 test.