Characteristics of the 44 participants who returned the questionnaire
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 42.8 (7.6) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 37 |
| Female | 7 |
| Risk group | |
| Bi/homosexual | 37 |
| Heterosexual | 2 |
| Heterosexual/ex-IVDU | 4 |
| Missing | 1 |
| Mean (SD) time since diagnosis of HIV infection (years) | 7.1 (4.2) |
| 1–3 | 9 |
| 4–9 | 18 |
| >10 | 14 |
| Missing | 3 |
| Highest education level | |
| Primary education | 8 |
| Secondary education | 17 |
| Higher education | 17 |
| Missing | 2 |