Do women requesting only contraception find attendance at an integrated sexual health clinic more stigmatizing than attendance at a family planning–only clinic?

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants

Characteristic	ISHC (n = 56)	FP-only clinic (n = 44)
Mean age (years)a	22.98 ± 6.618	29.43 ± 4.353
CI for mean age	±1.73	±1.29
Median age (years)	21	31
Ethnicity (n (%))
UK white	20 (35.7)	13 (29.5)
UK black	13 (23.2)	3 (6.81)
Other white	5 (8.9)	3 (6.82)
Other black	6 (10.7)	9 (20.5)
Mean deprivation scorea,b	29.8 ± 8.2	29.4 ± 9.6

Notes:

a Data presented as mean plus or minus standard deviation;

b deprivation scores were calculated on the basis of postcodes, using statistics on relative levels of deprivation in England obtained from the UK government (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-indices-of-deprivation-2010).

Abbreviations: ISHC, integrated sexual health clinic; FP, family planning; CI, confidence interval; UK, United Kingdom.

Table 2 Odds ratios (ORs) and age-adjusted ORs for perceived stigma at integrated sexual health clinics compared with perceived stigma at family planning–only clinics

Questionnaire item	df	OR	Adjusted OR	P-value
Statement 1	1	0.565	0.563	0.017
Statement 10	1	0.413	0.295	0.000
Statement 15	1	0.475	0.440	0.004
Age of respondent	1	1.194	–	0.000

Abbreviation: df, degrees of freedom.

Figure S1 Stigma assessment questionnaire.