Knowledge, actual and potential use of HIV self-sampling testing kits among MSM recruited in eight European countries

Autor: Francois Pichon, Lieselot Ooms, Beatriz Arranz, C Cabeza de Vaca, Roxana Stefanescu, Blanca Iciar Indave, Cristina Agustí, Sophocles Chanos, Matthias Kuske, M J Belza, Ricardo Fuertes, Bojan Cigan, L. de la Fuente, Juan Hoyos, Tomás Maté
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
020205 medical informatics
media_common.quotation_subject
Population
men who have sex with men
HIV Infections
Self Administration
Sample (statistics)
02 engineering and technology
Men who have sex with men
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Promotion (rank)
Surveys and Questionnaires
Environmental health
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
Humans
Medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
030212 general & internal medicine
Homosexuality
Male
education
Aged
media_common
education.field_of_study
Descriptive statistics
Diagnostic Tests
Routine
business.industry
Health Policy
Middle Aged
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Test (assessment)
HIV testing
Europe
Infectious Diseases
Residence
business
Serostatus
Procedures and Techniques Utilization
early diagnosis
Zdroj: HIV Medicine
r-IGTP. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Germans Trias i Pujol
instname
ISSN: 1464-2662
Popis: AimTo describe the knowledge as well as current and potential use of self-sampling kits among men who have sex with men (MSM) and to analyse their preferred biological sample and result communication method. MethodsWe analyse data of MSM of HIV negative or unknown serostatus from an online survey conducted in eight countries (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Spain) between April and December 2016. It was advertised mainly in gay dating websites. We conduct a descriptive analysis of the main characteristics of the participants, and present data on indicators of knowledge, use and potential use of HIV self-sampling as well as their preferences regarding blood or saliva sample and face or non-face-to-face result communication by country of residence. ResultsA total of 8.226 participants of HIV negative or unknown serostatus were included in the analysis. Overall, 25.5% of participants knew about self-sampling (range: 18.8-47.2%) and 1.1% had used it in the past (range: 0.3-8.9%). Potential use was high, with 66.6% of all participants reporting that they would have already used it if available in the past (range: 62.1-82.1%). Most (78.6%) reported that they would prefer using a blood-based kit, and receiving the result of the test through a non-face-to-face-method (70.8%), even in the case of receiving a reactive result. ConclusionThe high potential use reported by MSM recruited in eight different European countries suggests that self-sampling kits are a highly acceptable testing methodology that could contribute to the promotion of HIV testing in this population.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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