Motives and barriers to safer sex and regular STI testing among MSM soon after HIV diagnosis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Characteristics of the participants (N = 30)

	Total n/N	Percent
N participants	30	100
Sexual orientation
Homosexual	30/30	100
Dutch nationality	28/30	93
Median age at time of HIV diagnose	38 (IQR 25–54)
Level of education
High	19/28^a	68
Middle	6/28	21
Low	2/28	7
cART at time of interview	6/30	20
STI diagnoses^b before HIV diagnose	26/28^a	93
Tested for HIV before	25/30	83
Steady partner at time of interview	13/30	43

^aData on education and prior STI diagnosis from 2 participants are lacking
^bSTI Sexually transmitted infections (chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis) cART combination Anti Retroviral Therapy

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