Main behavioural outcomes, by sample
| N (%, 95% CI) | P value | ||||||
| General population, total n=3050 | Savanta GBMSM, total n=247 | Grindr, total n=831 | Meta, total n=1036 | ||||
| Self-isolation for 21 days | If ‘you have’ mpox | Probably or definitely would not, or not sure | 756 (24.8, 23.3 to 26.3) | 53 (21.5, 16.3 to 26.6) | 246 (29.6, 26.5 to 32.7) | 275 (26.5, 23.9 to 29.2) | – |
| Probably or definitely would | 2294 (75.2, 73.7 to 76.7) | 194 (78.5, 73.4 to 83.7) | 585 (70.4, 67.3 to 73.5) | 761 (73.5, 70.8 to 76.1) | |||
| If ‘you have come into high-risk contact with someone who has’ mpox | Probably or definitely would not, or not sure | 950 (31.1, 29.5 to 32.8) | 77 (31.2, 25.4 to 37.0) | 371 (44.6, 41.3 to 48.0) | 491 (47.4, 44.3 to 50.4) | – | |
| Probably or definitely would | 2100 (68.9, 67.2 to 70.5) | 170 (68.8, 63.0 to 74.6) | 460 (55.4, 52 to 58.7) | 545 (52.6, 49.6 to 55.7) | |||
| Sum of intention if case and high-risk contact | 2 (lowest intention) to 10 (highest intention) | M=8.0, SD=2.2 | M=7.9, SD=2.3 | M=7.2, SD=2.4 | M=7.3, SD=2.3 | <0.001* | |
| Help seeking | Any action that involves contacting a healthcare professional (by phone or in person) | Would not seek help or would ‘wait and see’ for a day or two to see if symptoms resolved | 1548 (50.8, 49.0 to 52.5) | 125 (50.6, 44.3 to 56.9) | 388 (46.7, 43.3 to 50.1) | 391 (37.7, 34.8 to 40.7) | <0.001* |
| Would seek help immediately | 1502 (49.2, 47.5 to 51.0) | 122 (49.4, 43.1 to 55.7) | 443 (53.3, 49.9 to 56.7) | 645 (62.3, 59.3 to 65.2) | |||
| Sexual contact behaviour† | Have sexual contact with others | Would not completely stop | 567 (22.8, 21.1 to 24.4) | 45 (20.8, 15.4 to 26.3) | 69 (8.7, 6.8 to 10.7) | 69 (7.0, 5.4 to 8.6) | <0.001* |
| Completely stop | 1923 (77.2, 75.6 to 78.9) | 171 (79.2, 73.7 to 84.6) | 721 (91.3, 89.3 to 93.2) | 922 (93.0, 91.4 to 94.6) | |||
| Contact sharing | Sexual contacts | Probably or definitely would not, or not sure | 697 (23.3, 21.7 to 24.8) | 60 (24.7, 19.2 to 30.2) | 167 (20.3, 17.5 to 23.0) | 204 (19.8, 17.4 to 22.2) | – |
| Probably or definitely would | 2300 (76.7, 75.2 to 78.3) | 183 (75.3, 69.8 to 80.8) | 656 (79.7, 77 to 82.5) | 827 (80.2, 77.8 to 82.6) | |||
| Scale | 1 (definitely would not) to 5 (definitely would) | N=2997, M=4.2, SD=1.2 | N=243, M=4.1, SD=1.2 | N=823, M=4.1, SD=1.2 | N=1031, M=4.2, SD=1.1 | 0.57 | |
| Vaccination intention | Vaccinated in 2022 | No or not sure | 2888 (94.7, 93.9 to 95.5) | 221 (89.5, 85.6 to 93.3) | 566 (68.1, 64.9 to 71.3) | 614 (59.3, 56.3 to 62.3) | <0.001* |
| Yes | 162 (5.3, 4.5 to 6.1) | 26 (10.5, 6.7 to 14.4) | 265 (31.9, 28.7 to 35.1) | 422 (40.7, 37.7 to 43.7) | |||
| Vaccinated in 2022 or would be vaccinated if advised | Not vaccinated and probably or definitely would not be vaccinated or not sure | 786 (25.8, 24.2 to 27.3) | 37 (15.0, 10.5 to 19.5) | 54 (6.5, 4.8 to 8.2) | 38 (3.7, 2.5 to 4.8) | <0.001* | |
| Vaccinated or probably or definitely would be vaccinated | 2264 (74.2, 72.7 to 75.8) | 210 (85.0, 80.5 to 89.5) | 777 (93.5, 91.8 to 95.2) | 998 (96.3, 95.2 to 97.5) | |||
*p≤0.001.
†Answers of ‘don’t know’, ‘prefer not to say’ and ‘not applicable, I wouldn’t do this anyway’ were coded as missing, therefore total ns are substantially lower (general population, n=2490; Savanta GBMSM, n=216; Grindr, n=790; Meta, n=991).
GBMSM, gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men.