Association of depression and anxiety symptoms with sexual behaviour and history measures in women and heterosexual men reporting sex in the last 3 months
| Sexual behaviour or history measure | Behaviour reported | PHQ9 ≥10 | GAD7 ≥10 | ||||
| aPR† (95% CI) | P value | aPR† (95% CI) | P value | ||||
| Condomless sex with non-regular partner* | Women | 192/582 | 33.0% | 1.38 (1.07 to 1.77) | 0.01 | 1.15 (0.84 to 1.57) | 0.39 |
| Men | 199/410 | 48.5% | 0.88 (0.58 to 1.32) | 0.53 | 0.81 (0.43 to 1.53) | 0.53 | |
| Condomless sex with ≥2 partners* | Women | 114/582 | 19.6% | 1.80 (1.25 to 2.59) | <0.01 | 1.68 (1.13 to 2.50) | 0.01 |
| Men | 144/410 | 35.1% | 0.57 (0.26 to 1.24) | 0.15 | 0.35 (0.20 to 1.52) | 0.25 | |
| Condomless sex with partner of unknown HIV status* | Women | 224/582 | 38.5% | 1.14 (0.88 to 1.47) | 0.33 | 1.05 (0.78 to 1.41) | 0.77 |
| Men | 199/410 | 48.5% | 0.77 (0.45 to 1.30) | 0.33 | 1.14 (0.73 to 1.80) | 0.56 | |
| Low self-efficacy negotiating condom use | Women | 121/566 | 21.4% | 1.31 (0.87 to 1.96) | 0.20 | 1.54 (1.02 to 2.31) | 0.04 |
| Men | 82/392 | 20.9% | 2.32 (1.29 to 4.19) | 0.01 | 2.23 (1.26 to 3.94) | 0.01 | |
| ≥2 new partners in the last 12 months | Women | 165/572 | 28.8% | 1.12 (0.80 to 1.55) | 0.51 | 1.06 (0.72 to 1.56) | 0.77 |
| Men | 215/395 | 54.4% | 1.12 (0.86 to 1.48) | 0.40 | 1.19 (0.83 to 1.69) | 0.35 | |
| Diagnosed with an STI in the last 12 months | Women | 127/582 | 21.8% | 1.22 (0.84 to 1.78) | 0.30 | 1.51 (1.04 to 2.20) | 0.03 |
| Men | 98/410 | 23.9% | 1.06 (0.49 to 2.27) | 0.89 | 0.80 (0.30 to 2.11) | 0.65 | |
| Ever had an HIV test | Women | 466/573 | 81.3% | 1.03 (0.92 to 1.14) | 0.64 | 1.02 (0.91 to 1.14) | 0.73 |
| Men | 317/403 | 78.7% | 0.93 (0.74 to 1.18) | 0.56 | 0.80 (0.55 to 1.16) | 0.23 | |
For exclusions see Figure 1.
*Within the last 3 months.
†Adjusted for age, ethnicity, study region, education and relationship status.
GAD, General Anxiety Disorder; PHQ, Patient Health Questionnaire; aPR, adjusted prevalence ratio.