Table 2 Responses to questions regarding access to sexual health services and views on telemedicine by gender
Question | Â | Women | Men | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Difficulty accessing a doctor for a sexual health concern | Easy | 229 (47%) | 78 (45%) | 308 (47%) |
| Â | Neither easy nor difficult | 117 (24%) | 52 (30%) | 169 (26%) |
| Â | Difficult | 141 (29%) | 43 (25%) | 185 (28%) |
Access to a webcam | Yes | 333 (68%) | 118 (68%) | 453 (68%) |
| Â | No | 154 (32%) | 55 (32%) | 209 (32%) |
Willingness to have an in-person sexual health consultation | Willing | 410 (84%) | 151 (87%) | 563 (85%) |
| Â | Unwilling | 77 (16%) | 22 (13%) | 99 (15%) |
Willingness to have a telephone sexual health consultation | Willing | 297 (61%) | 119 (69%) | 417 (63%) |
| Â | Unwilling | 190 (39%) | 54 (31%) | 245 (37%) |
Willingness to have a webcam sexual health consultation | Willing | 127 (26%)* | 63 (36%)* | 192 (29%) |
| Â | Unwilling | 360 (74%) | 110 (64%) | 470 (71%) |
Top preference for type of sexual health consultation if imagining one lived 20 minutes from a clinic | In person | 407 (84%) | 138 (80%) | 547 (83%) |
| Â | Telephone | 73 (15%) | 28 (16%) | 101 (15%) |
| Â | Webcam | 7 (1%) | 7 (4%) | 14 (2%) |
Top preference for type of sexual health consultation if imagining one lived 2 hours from a clinic | In person | 188 (39%) | 66 (38%) | 255 (39%) |
| Â | Telephone | 258 (53%) | 82 (47%) | 340 (51%) |
| Â | Webcam | 41 (8%) | 25 (15%) | 67 (10%) |
Willingness to receive testing kits/treatment in post | Willing | 430 (88%) | 148 (86%) | 580 (88%) |
| Â | Unwilling | 57 (12%) | 25 (14%) | 82 (12%) |
Prefers another mode to speak to a doctor | No | 240 (49%) | 90 (52%) | 330 (50%) |
| Â | Instant messaging | 79 (16%) | 39 (23%) | 119 (18%) |
| Â | 158 (32%) | 43 (25%) | 202 (31%) | |
| Â | SMS | 4 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 5 (1%) |