Feasibility and Field Performance of a Simultaneous Syphilis and HIV Point-of-Care Test Based Screening Strategy in at Risk Populations in Edmonton, Canada

Table 2

Demographic and risk behaviour characteristics of individuals who received syphilis and HIV POC testing (𝑁=951).

Characteristic	𝑛	%
Male gender	697	73.3
Median age (years, IQR)	30	25–39
Ethnicity
Aboriginal^a	406	44.0
Caucasian	449	48.6
Other ethnicities	68	7.4
No permanent address	185	24.2
Sexual partnering
Heterosexual exclusively	753	79.9
Same sex^b	189	20.1
Sexual behaviour
Median age of sexual debut (IQR)	14	13–16
# sexual partners in last 6 months	2	1–3.5
History of sex work (females only)	113	44.5
History of sex work (males only)	6	0.9
Sex with a sex worker (males only)^c	154	22.1
Substance use
History of non-IDU	776	81.6
History of IDU	243	25.6
History of sharing drug equipment	556	58.5
Laboratory test results
Previous HIV test	725	82.6
HIV seropositive	4	0.4
Syphilis seropositive	31	3.3

IQR: interquartile range.
IDU: injection drug use.
^aIncludes First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.
^bIncludes individuals who reported sex with both males and females.
^cNo female participants reported sex with a sex worker.