Table 1

Sociodemographic and other factors significantly associated with having unmet sexual health needs

VariableTotal with sexual health need
n=706
At least one need unmet
n=365
All needs met
n=341
Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)
Gender identity
 Man332/704 (47%)158/364 (43%)174/340 (51%)Ref
 Woman334/704 (47%)185/364 (51%)149/340 (44%) 1.37 (1.01 to 1.86)
 Non-binary/gender-fluid/other38/704 (5%)21/364 (6%)17/340 (5%)1.36 (0.69 to 2.70)
Gender of sex partners prior to the pandemic
 Men who have sex with women only103/693 (15%)64/359 (18%)39/334 (12%)Ref
 Men who have sex with men and women28/693 (4%)16/359 (4%)12/334 (4%)0.81 (0.35 to 1.93)
 Men who have sex with men only187/693 (27%)71/359 (20%)116/334 (35%) 0.37 (0.23 to 0.61)
 Women who have sex with men only242/693 (35%)127/359 (35%)115/334 (34%)0.67 (0.42 to 1.07)
 Women who have sex with men and women73/693 (11%)49/359 (14%)24/334 (7%)1.24 (0.67 to 2.35)
 Women who have sex with women only6/693 (1%)3/359 (1%)3/334 (1%)0.61 (0.11 to 3.43)
 Other54/693 (8%)29/359 (8%)25/334 (7%)0.71 (0.36 to 1.38)
Type of sexual health service need
 Testing for a new, specific reason (eg, symptoms)183/706 (26%)79/365 (22%)104/341 (30%)1.27 (0.79 to 2.04)
 Testing as per usual testing routine403/706 (57%)241/365 (66%)162/341 (48%) 2.48 (1.64 to 3.79)
 Speak with a healthcare provider about a sexual health concern149/692 (22%)87/355 (25%)62/337 (18%)1.44 (1.00 to 2.08)
 Access birth control95/692 (14%)34/355 (10%)61/337 (18%) 0.48 (0.30 to 0.75)
 Access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis68/692 (10%)21/355 (6%)47/337 (14%) 0.39 (0.22 to 0.66)
 Access treatment for a new STI45/692 (7%)14/355 (4%)31/337 (9%) 0.40 (0.21 to 0.76)
 Access treatment for ongoing symptoms (eg, warts)36/692 (5%)17/355 (5%)19/337 (6%)0.84 (0.43 to 1.65)
 Get a pregnancy test25/692 (4%)9/355 (3%)16/337 (5%)0.52 (0.22 to 1.17)
 Access to condoms31/692 (4%)16/355 (5%)15/337 (4%)1.01 (0.49 to 2.10)
 Access to harm reduction supplies7/692 (1%)5/355 (1%)2/337 (1%)2.39 (0.51 to 16.79)
Comfortable accessing in-person sexual health and testing services during the COVID-19 pandemic
 Strongly agree/agree418/700 (60%)152/363 (42%)266/337 (79%) 0.19 (0.14 to 0.27)
 Neither/disagree/strongly disagree282/700 (40%)211/363 (58%)71/337 (21%)Ref
GetCheckedOnline user545/706 (77%)267/365 (73%)278/341 (82%) 0.62 (0.43 to 0.88)
  • Denominators for each variable exclude missing values. Column percentages were calculated excluding missing values per variable.

  • Bold: 95% CI excludes 1.