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Table 2 Awareness of PrEP and other prevention strategies, and comfort with HIV/STI procedures among HIV physicians from Brazil and Mexico, 2020

From: Awareness, knowledge, and attitudes related to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and other prevention strategies among physicians from Brazil and Mexico: cross-sectional web-based survey

 

Total

Brazil

Mexico

P valuea

(N = 481)

n (%)

(N = 339; 70.5%)

n (%)

(N = 142; 29.5%)

n (%)

 

Awareness of PrEP and other prevention strategies (yes)

 PEP

419 (87.1)

302 (89.1)

117 (82.4)

.05

 Combination HIV prevention concept

407 (84.6)

294 (86.7)

113 (79.6)

.05

 Condoms and lubricants

407 (84.6)

303 (89.4)

104 (73.2)

<.001

 PrEP

407 (84.6)

291 (85.8)

116 (81.7)

.25

 Regular HIV/STI testing

393 (81.7)

299 (88.2)

94 (66.2)

<.001

 Mother to child transmission

371 (77.1)

286 (84.4)

85 (59.9)

<.001

 Knowledge of partner serology

356 (74)

275 (81.1)

81 (57)

<.001

 Treatment as prevention

347 (72.1)

280 (82.6)

67 (47.2)

<.001

 Vaccination for HAVb, HBVc and HPVd

335 (69.7)

270 (79.6)

65 (45.8)

<.001

 Cervical exams

233 (48.4)

185 (54.6)

48 (33.8)

<.001

Awareness of PrEP Technologies (yes)

 Daily oral with TDF/FTCe

444 (92.3)

313 (92.3)

131 (92.3)

.98

 Event-Driven PrEP with TDF/FTCe

262 (54.5)

212 (62.5)

50 (35.2)

<.001

 Daily oral with TAF/FTCf

246 (51.1)

171 (50.4)

75 (52.8)

.63

 Cabotegravir injection

202 (42)

180 (53.1)

22 (15.5)

<.001

 Vaginal ring with antiretroviral

156 (32.4)

120 (35.4)

36 (25.4)

.03

 Microbicides

104 (21.6)

82 (24.2)

22 (15.5)

.03

 Implants with antiretroviral

97 (20.2)

81 (23.9)

16 (11.3)

<.01

 Monoclonal antibodies

61 (12.7)

57 (16.8)

4 (2.8)

<.001

Comfort with HIV/STI prevention procedures (yes)

 Request HIV exam

477 (99.2)

337 (99.4)

140 (98.6)

.36

 Request STI exams

473 (98.3)

335 (98.8)

138 (97.2)

.20

 Evaluation of sexual risk behavior

458 (95.2)

324 (95.6)

134 (94.4)

.57

 Risk-reduction counseling

458 (95.2)

317 (93.5)

141 (99.3)

<.01

 Discuss sexual behavior

454 (94.4)

320 (94.4)

134 (94.4)

.99

 Discuss sexual orientation

453 (94.2)

317 (93.5)

136 (95.8)

.33

 Provide HIV+ result

441 (91.7)

310 (91.5)

131 (92.3)

.77

 Evaluation of PrEP eligibility

432 (89.8)

301 (88.8)

131 (92.3)

.25

 U=Ug counseling

387 (80.5)

274 (80.8)

113 (79.6)

.75

 Request HIV acute infection testh

333 (69.2)

333 (98.2)

–

N/Ai

 Evaluation of PEP eligibilityh

320 (66.5)

320 (94.4)

–

N/A

  1. aChi-square tests for all comparisons, except for Monoclonal antibodies (Fisher’s exact test)
  2. bHAV Hepatitis A virus
  3. cHBV Hepatitis B virus
  4. dHPV Human papilloma virus
  5. eTDF/FTC Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate / emtricitabine
  6. fTAF/FTC Tenofovir alafenamide / emtricitabine
  7. gU=U Undetectable equals untransmittable
  8. hThis question was not available in Mexico
  9. iN/A Not applicable