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Sexually transmitted infection testing and self-reported diagnoses among a community sample of men who have sex with men, in Scotland

INTRODUCTION: To examine sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and self-reported diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM), in Scotland. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey of seven Glasgow gay bars in July 2010 (n=822, 62% response rate); 693 are included in the analyses. RESULTS: 81.8% re...

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Autores principales: McDaid, Lisa M, Li, Jessica, Knussen, Christina, Flowers, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3625820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23042901
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2012-050605
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description INTRODUCTION: To examine sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and self-reported diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM), in Scotland. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey of seven Glasgow gay bars in July 2010 (n=822, 62% response rate); 693 are included in the analyses. RESULTS: 81.8% reported ever having had an STI test; 37.4% had tested in the previous 6 months; 13.2% reported having an STI in the previous 12 months. The adjusted odds of having ever tested were significantly higher for men who had 6+ sexual partners in the previous 12 months (adjusted OR=2.66), a maximum sexual health knowledge score (2.23), and had talked to an outreach worker/participated in counselling (1.96), and lower for men reporting any high-risk unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) in the previous 12 months (0.51). Adjusted odds of recent testing were higher for men who had 6+ sexual partners (2.10), talked to an outreach worker/participated in counselling (1.66), maximum sexual health knowledge (1.59), and higher condom use knowledge (1.04), and lower for men aged ≥25 years (0.46). Adjusted odds of having had an STI in the previous 12 months were higher for men who had 6+ sexual partners (3.96) and any high-risk UAI in the previous 12 months (2.24) and lower for men aged ≥25 years (0.57). CONCLUSIONS: STI testing rates were relatively high, yet still below the minimum recommended for MSM at high risk. Consideration should be given to initiating recall systems for men who test positive for STIs, and to developing behavioural interventions which seek to address STI transmission.
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spelling pubmed-36258202013-04-15 Sexually transmitted infection testing and self-reported diagnoses among a community sample of men who have sex with men, in Scotland McDaid, Lisa M Li, Jessica Knussen, Christina Flowers, Paul Sex Transm Infect Behaviour INTRODUCTION: To examine sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and self-reported diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM), in Scotland. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey of seven Glasgow gay bars in July 2010 (n=822, 62% response rate); 693 are included in the analyses. RESULTS: 81.8% reported ever having had an STI test; 37.4% had tested in the previous 6 months; 13.2% reported having an STI in the previous 12 months. The adjusted odds of having ever tested were significantly higher for men who had 6+ sexual partners in the previous 12 months (adjusted OR=2.66), a maximum sexual health knowledge score (2.23), and had talked to an outreach worker/participated in counselling (1.96), and lower for men reporting any high-risk unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) in the previous 12 months (0.51). Adjusted odds of recent testing were higher for men who had 6+ sexual partners (2.10), talked to an outreach worker/participated in counselling (1.66), maximum sexual health knowledge (1.59), and higher condom use knowledge (1.04), and lower for men aged ≥25 years (0.46). Adjusted odds of having had an STI in the previous 12 months were higher for men who had 6+ sexual partners (3.96) and any high-risk UAI in the previous 12 months (2.24) and lower for men aged ≥25 years (0.57). CONCLUSIONS: STI testing rates were relatively high, yet still below the minimum recommended for MSM at high risk. Consideration should be given to initiating recall systems for men who test positive for STIs, and to developing behavioural interventions which seek to address STI transmission. BMJ Publishing Group 2013-05 2012-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3625820/ /pubmed/23042901 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2012-050605 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode
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title Sexually transmitted infection testing and self-reported diagnoses among a community sample of men who have sex with men, in Scotland
title_full Sexually transmitted infection testing and self-reported diagnoses among a community sample of men who have sex with men, in Scotland
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title_full_unstemmed Sexually transmitted infection testing and self-reported diagnoses among a community sample of men who have sex with men, in Scotland
title_short Sexually transmitted infection testing and self-reported diagnoses among a community sample of men who have sex with men, in Scotland
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