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Table 1 Population demographics

From: Emergency departments as under-utilized venues to provide HIV prevention services to female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya

Characteristic

Sub-characteristic

Acute Care Users

Outpatient Care Only Users

P-value

N

-

101

116

-

# healthcare visits  1 yr

-

12.7 (2-38)

9.1 (1-53)

P<0.01

Age

-

32 (19-56)

34 (21-56)

0.15

Age Sex Work Began

 

23 (14-52)

25 (12-43)

0.16

# clients/week

 

11 (2-35)

13 (2-57)

0.13

Level of Education

Primary or less

49 (48.5%)

55 (47.4%)

0.64

secondary

42 (41.6%)

46 (39.7%)

Greater than secondary

10 (9.9%)

15 (12.9%)

Marital Status

Married

14 (13.9%)

13 (11.2%)

0.55

single

42 (41.6%)

55 (47.4%)

Divorced/ widowed

45 (44.6%)

48 ( 41.45)

IPV

No IP

24

29

-

emotional

52 (67.5%)

56 (48.3%)

0.64

physical

44 (57.1%)

50 (43.1%)

0.59

sexual

48 (62.3%)

45 (38.8%)

0.93

Client Perpetrated Violence

emotional

76 (75.2%)

83 (71.6%)

0.56

physical

50 (49.5 %)

65 (56.0%)

0.37

sexual

74 (73.3%)

75 (64.7%)

0.16

Other** Violence

emotional

48 (47.5%)

58 (50.0%)

0.57

physical

39 (38.6%)

47 (40.5%)

0.61

sexual

26 (25.7%)

23 (19.8%)

0.37

PHQ9score

<9 (mild)

41 (40.6%)

53 (45.7%)

0.37

10-14 (moderate)

36 (35.6%)

40 (34.5%)

15+ (severe)

24 (23.8%)

23 (19.85)

GAD7

mild

51 (50.5%)

61 (52.6%)

0.94

mod

35 (34.7 %)

37 (31.9%)

severe

15 (14.9%)

18 (15.5%)

PreP use

Current optimal

49 (48.5%)

57 (49.1%)

0.03

Poor use, non use

52 (51.5%)

59 (50.9%)

Birth control

Condoms only

55 (54.5%)

49 (42.2%)

0.18

OCP

11 (10.9%)

12 (10.3%)

depo/IUD

35 (34.7%)

55 (47.4%)

Physician trust

low

16 (15.8%)

12 (10.3%)

0.12

ambiguous

21 (20.8%)

19 (16.4%)

high

64 (63.4%)

85 (73.3%)

Self-rated health status

good

39 (38.6%)

61 (52.6%)

0.01

ambiguous

36 (35.6%)

37 (31.9%)

poor

26 (25.7%)

18 (15.5%)

Substance Use

alcohol

69 (68.3%)

80 (69%)

0.54

other

45 (44.6%)

44 (37.9%)

0.31

Pep Use

-

52 (51.5%)

57 (49.1%)

0.77

Lube Use

-

66 (65.3%)

81 (69.8%)

0.43

HIV test within 3 months

-

89 (88.1%)

112 (96.6%)

0.05

Condom use with 100% of clients

-

76 (75.2%)

88 (75.9%)

0.78

Previously treated STI

-

67 (66.3%)

73 (62.9%)

0.54

HIV+ Client in prior 6 Months

-

66 (65.3%)

51 (44%)

0.03

  1. Continuous variables are reported as median (interquartile range) unless otherwise specified
  2. PHQ9 Patient Health Qusetionnaire-9, GAD7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, PrEP pre-exposure prophylaxis, **Other is defined as any other perpetrator of abuse other than an IP or client, most frequently documented as Law-Enforcement