Preference towards HIV Self-Testing above Other Testing Options in a Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men from Five European Countries

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

on behalf of the EURO HIV EDAT Group¹  Francois Pichon²  Matthias Kuske³  Juan-Miguel Guerras⁴  Cristina Agustí⁴  María-José Belza⁴  Sophocles Chanos⁵  José Pulido⁶  Juan Hoyos⁶  Luis Sordo⁶  Marta Donat⁷  Ricardo Fuertes⁸  Tomás Maté⁹ 

[1] ;AIDS Fondet, 1456 Copenhagen, Denmark;AIDS Hilfe NRW e.V., 10963 Berlin, Germany;CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain;Checkpoint Athens, 105 54 Athens, Greece;Departamento de Salud Pública y Materno-Infantil, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain;Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain;GAT-Grupo de Ativistas em Tratamentos, 1000-228 Lisboa, Portugal;Gerencia de Atención Primaria de Valladolid Este, Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castilla y León (SACYL), 47010 Valladolid, Spain;

关键词: early diagnosis;    HIV;    self-testing;    men who have sex with men;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph18094804

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

We analyzed men who have sex with men (MSM) from Denmark, Germany, Greece, Portugal and Spain to identify who would choose HIV self-testing as their preferred testing method and assessed their preferred setting to acquire a self-testing kit and to confirm a reactive result. In 2016, we recruited an online sample of 3725 HIV-negative MSM. We used Poisson regression to identify factors associated with choosing self-testing as the preferred testing option. For those choosing it as their preferred option, we assessed the preferred settings to acquire a self-testing kit and to confirm a reactive result. Not being open about one’s sexual behaviors with men was associated with choosing self-testing as the preferred option, except in Greece; older age in Greece and Spain; reporting condomless anal intercourses (CAI) in Germany and Portugal; reporting one previous test in Greece; between 2 and 5 in Spain and with having been tested ≥ 12 months ago in Germany, Portugal and Spain. The internet (32.8%) was the preferred place to acquire a self-testing kit and primary care (34.0%) for confirmation purposes. Self-testing was highly valued, especially among individuals who were not open about their sexual behaviors with men. In certain countries, it was also associated with older age, CAI and being undertested.

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