Table 1 Demographic characteristics and home-based PrEP (HB-PrEP) interest survey responses for in-person and online cohorts
In-person (n = 48)a | Online (n = 118)a | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Response type | ||||
Demographic and behavioral | ||||
Age (years), median (IQR) | 33 (27–39) | 35 (29–41) | ||
Gender | ||||
Cisgender man | 44 | 91.7 | 90 | 89.1 |
Non-binary | 1 | 0.02 | 3 | 3.0 |
Other not listed | 1 | 0.02 | 8 | 7.9 |
Race/ethnicity | ||||
Non-Hispanic white | 26 | 54.2 | 53 | 52.0 |
Latinx | 6 | 12.5 | 17 | 16.7 |
Mixed race/other | 4 | 8.3 | 14 | 13.7 |
Non-Hispanic black | 4 | 8.3 | 9 | 8.8 |
Gender of sex partnersb | ||||
Cisgender men | 43 | 89.6 | 94 | 79.6 |
Cisgender women | 5 | 10.4 | 7 | 5.9 |
Transgender man/woman | 3 | 6.3 | 20 | 16.9 |
Non-binary/other not listed | 8 | 16.7 | 12 | 10.2 |
Currently on PrEP | 34 | 70.8 | 101 | 99 |
Duration of PrEP use (years), median (IQR) | 2.5 (1.6–3.9) | 2.5 (1.5–4) | ||
History of prior syphilis | 16 | 33.3 | 21 | 39.6 |
Survey Items | ||||
Given current COVID restrictions, are you interested in collecting your own PrEP lab samples at home? | ||||
Yes | 34 | 87.2 | 90 | 88.2 |
Maybe/not sure | 5 | 12.8 | 8 | 7.8 |
No | – | – | 4 | 3.9 |
When COVID restrictions end, would you be interested in HB-PrEP over coming to clinic? | ||||
Yes | 24 | 82.8 | 74 | 72.3 |
Maybe | 5 | 17.2 | 21 | 20.5 |
No | – | – | 5 | 4.9 |
If home testing required you to collect blood in a small tube at home, how would you prefer to collect specimens? | ||||
Come to clinic for blood draw | 7 | 17.9 | 24 | 24.5 |
Collect blood sample at home | 32 | 82.1 | 74 | 75.5 |
Would the option to mail in kits from home make you more likely to stay on PrEP? | ||||
More likely | 15 | 38.5 | 46 | 46.9 |
About the same | 22 | 56.4 | 50 | 51.0 |
If we could not perform syphilis testing, would you still be interested in home kits for HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia testing only? | ||||
Yes | 34 | 87.2 | ||
Maybe/not sure | 4 | 10.3 | ||
Did you find the process to collect blood using the Tasso device was difficult? | ||||
Yes | 0 | 0.0 | ||
No | 45 | 93.8 | ||
Somewhat | 3 | 6.3 | ||
Do you feel like you could collect a blood sample like this on your own at home? | ||||
Yes | 37 | 94.9 | ||
Maybe/not sure | 2 | 5.1 | ||
What are you concerns about collecting your own blood sample at home? | ||||
None | 45 | 93.8 | ||
Identified concern | 3 | 6.2 | ||