Engagement in HIV Medical Care and Technology Use among Stimulant-Using and Nonstimulant-Using Men who have Sex with Men

Table 2

Engagement in HIV care and attitudes toward HIV care among stimulant and nonstimulant-using men who have sex with men.

	Total	No stimulant use	Stimulant use	P value^a
	Column % (𝑛)	Column % (𝑛)	Column % (𝑛)
Attitudes toward engagement in medical care
How important is HIV/AIDS medical care to you? ^b
Low priority	19.6 (54)	15.1 (35)	43.2 (19)	<0.01
High priority	80.4 (222)	84.9 (197)	56.8 (25)
How confident are you that you can attend all of your medical appointments for HIV/AIDS? ^c
Low confidence	36.1 (91)	34.4 (74)	46.0 (17)	0.18
High confidence	63.9 (161)	65.6 (141)	54.0 (20)
Engagement in HIV medical care^b
No missed appointments	68.8 (190)	71.6 (166)	54.6 (24)	0.05
Missed appointment(s)	22.5 (62)	21.1 (49)	29.6 (13)
Not in HIV medical care	8.7 (24)	7.3 (17)	15.9 (7)

aChi-square tests; ^bincludes full sample (𝑛=276); ^cincludes only participants who attended 1 or more HIV care appointments in past year (𝑛=252).