Knowledge and Prior Use of HIV Self-Testing in Madrid and Barcelona among Men Who Have Sex with Men More than One Year after Its Legal Authorization in Spain
| Autor: | Guerras Moreira, Juan Miguel, Belza Egozcue, Maria Jose, Fuster, María-José, Fuente, Luis de la, García de Olalla, Patricia, Palma, David, García-Pérez, Jorge-Néstor, Hoyos, Juan, Methysos Project Group |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Plan Nacional de Drogas (España), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Institut Català de la Salut, [Guerras JM, de la Fuente L] Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain. [Belza MJ] CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain. Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. [Fuster MJ] Sociedad Española Interdisciplinaria del SIDA, SEISIDA, Madrid, Spain. Departamento de Psicología Social y de las Organizaciones, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain. [García de Olalla P, Palma D] CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain. Servicio de Epidemiología, Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. [García-Pérez JN] Unitat d’Infeccions de Transmissió Sexual, Drassanes-Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. [Hoyos J] Independent Researcher, Madrid, Spain, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Male
Men who have sex with men (MSM) virosis::infecciones por virus ARN::infecciones por Retroviridae::infecciones por Lentivirus::infecciones por VIH [ENFERMEDADES] Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Serodiagnòstic Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Otros calificadores::/diagnóstico [Otros calificadores] HIV Infections Early diagnosis HIV Testing Sexual and Gender Minorities Self-Testing Spain Other subheadings::/diagnosis [Other subheadings] Humans Medicine Infeccions per VIH men who have sex with men (MSM) Homosexuality Male Virus Diseases::RNA Virus Infections::Retroviridae Infections::Lentivirus Infections::HIV Infections [DISEASES] HIV self-testing (HIVST) early diagnosis |
| Zdroj: | Repisalud Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 3; Pages: 1096 Scientia International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health r-IIB SANT PAU. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Sant Pau instname International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1096, p 1096 (2022) |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 |
| Popis: | HIV self-testing (HIVST); Early diagnosis; Men who have sex with men (MSM) Autodiagnóstico del VIH (HIVST); Diagnóstico precoz; Hombres que tienen sexo con hombres (HSH) Autodiagnòstic del VIH (HIVST); Diagnòstic precoç; Homes que tenen sexe amb homes (HSH) This study assessed the knowledge and prior use of HIV self-testing in a sample of men who have sex with men (MSM) recruited in a sexual health clinic and two community-based testing sites in Madrid and Barcelona, >12 months after its legal authorization. Between March 2019 and December 2020, we recruited 2044 MSM. Participants completed a self-administered questionnaire while waiting to be tested for HIV and other STIs. We built two Poisson regression models to assess factors associated with prior knowledge and with use. Among those who had used self-testing in the past we assessed frequency of use and several aspects related to the last testing episode. The proportion of participants that knew about the existence of self-testing and had already used it was of 26.3% and 5.1% respectively. Both, knowledge and use were independently associated with being born in Spain or other western European countries, university education and more recent HIV testing. Additionally, knowledge was associated with older age, having a more favorable economic situation, and not living sexuality in total secrecy. Use was also associated with having received money in exchange for sex. Most (69.5%) reported having self-tested once, 64.8% had self-tested |
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