Perceived risk and decisional balance to HIV testing in men who have sex with men from Monterrey, Mexico.
| Autor: | Torres-Obregón R; Facultad de Enfermería, Unidad Saltillo, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila (UAdeC), Coahuila, México., Onofre-Rodríguez DJ; Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias de la Salud (CIDICS), Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. Electronic address: donofre64@yahoo.com.mx., Benavides-Torres RA; Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias de la Salud (CIDICS), Monterrey, Nuevo León, México., Calvillo C; Centro de Investigación Mente, Cerebro y Comportamiento (CIMCYC), Universidad de Granada, España., Garza-Elizondo ME; Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias de la Salud (CIDICS), Monterrey, Nuevo León, México., Telumbre-Terrero JY; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma del Carmen (UNACAR), Campeche, México. |
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| Jazyk: | English; Spanish; Castilian |
| Zdroj: | Enfermeria clinica (English Edition) [Enferm Clin (Engl Ed)] 2018 Nov - Dec; Vol. 28 (6), pp. 394-400. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Aug 14. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.enfcli.2018.06.008 |
| Abstrakt: | The perceived risk to HIV and the decisional balance (pros and cons) towards HIV testing are fundamental aspects for understanding the motivation of men who have sex with men to engage in behaviours that reduce or increase the risk of infection with the virus. Objectives: To describe the perceived risk of HIV and the decisional balance towards HIV testing and determine the association between perceived risk and the decisional balance towards HIV testing of men who have sex with men. Method: Descriptive correlational design, we used respondent-driven sampling, with which we recruited 202 men who have sex with men. Results: Mean age of 27.79 (SD=8.13), 66.3% reported low perceived risk to HIV. The most significant pros were: "If I had HIV I would not want to infect anyone else" (95%) and "I would like to be sure I did not have HIV to tell my sexual partner" (90.6%). The most significant cons were: "I am afraid of the needle used for the HIV test" (53%), "people could reject me if they had HIV" (78.7%). Finally, there was a correlation between the perceived risk and the decisional balance towards HIV testing (r Conclusions: Given such data, in future interventions it is important to consider information about the importance of HIV testing on a regular basis, as well as actions to increase the perception of vulnerability to HIV in this population. (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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