Association between Psychological Factors and Condom Use with Regular and Nonregular Male Sexual Partners among Chinese MSM: A Quantitative Study Based on the Health Belief Model

Table 4

Association between dimensions of HBM and consistent condoms use with regular and nonregular partner.

	Consistent condoms use with regular partners ()			Consistent condoms use with nonregular partners ()
	ORu (95% CI)	ORm (95% CI)^a	ORM (95% CI)	ORu (95% CI)	ORm (95% CI) ^b	ORM (95% CI)
Perceived threats scale	1.14 (1.01, 1.27)	1.20 (1.06, 1.36)	1.28 (1.10, 1.49)	0.80 (0.71, 0.89)	0.89 (0.79, 1.01)^†	0.97 (0.83, 1.13)
Perceived benefits scale	1.01 (0.88, 1.15)	1.07 (0.93, 1.24)	—	0.91 (0.81, 1.02)	1.16 (1.00, 1.34)^†	—
Perceived barriers scale	0.69 (0.60, 0.78)	0.69 (0.60, 0.78)	0.70 (0.60, 0.82)	0.74 (0.67, 0.82)	0.71 (0.63, 0.79)	0.77 (0.67, 0.89)
Self-efficacy scale	1.26 (1.18, 1.34)	1.29 (1.20, 1.39)	1.23 (1.14, 1.32)	1.21 (1.14, 1.28)	1.29 (1.20, 1.39)	1.22 (1.13, 1.32)
Cues to action scale	1.44 (1.26, 1.64)	1.34 (1.35, 1.82)	1.21 (1.02, 1.43)	1.60 (1.41, 1.81)	1.78 (1.54, 2.07)	1.53 (1.30, 1.80

Note: ORu: univariate odds ratios; ORm: single multivariate odds ratio; ORM: summary multivariate odds ratios. ^a include one dimension of HBM and variables of sociodemographic and AIDS-related characteristics marginally significant () in univariate analysis (i.e., age and marital status). ^b include one dimension of HBM and variables of sociodemographic and AIDS-related characteristics marginally significant () in univariate analysis (i.e., age, educational level, sexual orientation, marital status, vocation, and monthly incomes). ^†; ; .