Characterising people who demanded the rapid HIV test in Andalusia between 2013 and 2014

Abstract

Fundamento. El objetivo del estudio fue caracterizar a las personas que demandaron la prueba rápida VIH en Andalucía.métodos. Estudio trasversal realizado por las entidades sociales colaboradoras del Programa de diagnóstico precoz del VIH en Andalucía. Los participantes fueron personas que demandaron la prueba en fluido oral y que contestaron una encuesta previa a la misma entre septiembre de 2013 y agosto de 2014. Se realizó un análisis descriptivo y de regresión logística para determinar los factores de riesgo asociados a un resultado reactivo. Se analizaron variables relacionadas con: entidad que realizó la prueba, características sociodemográficas, exposición de riesgo, antecedentes de realización de la prueba VIH, antecedentes de infecciones de transmisión sexual (variables predictivas) y resultado de la prueba (variable dependiente).resultados. Las personas caracterizadas fueron 1.844 (48%), en su mayoría hombres (70%) que practicaron sexo con otros hombres (HSH) en los últimos 12 meses (59%). El 53% se había realizado la prueba anteriormente y acudieron tras una exposición de riesgo, principalmente de sexo desprotegido oral (75%), vaginal (50%) y/o anal (38%). El 23% fueron extranjeros. Los factores asociados a un resultado reactivo fueron: entidades especializadas en VIH, sexo masculino, HSH, realización de sexo desprotegido (anal, con persona VIH+ y/o con trabajador/a del sexo) y tener antecedente de prueba (p<0,05). La significación estadística del sexo masculino y de las prácticas desprotegidas se mantuvo en el estudio multivariante.conclusiones. Se ha logrado caracterizar a un elevado nú-mero de personas (alrededor del 50%), lo que favorecerá la adecuación de la recogida de información y la mejora del Programa. Design. Cross-sectional study carried out by social organisation collaborating with the Program for early diagnosis of HIV in Andalusia. Participants underwent an oral HIV test and answered a survey beforehand, from September 2013 to August 2014. The study included a descriptive analysis of data and a logistic regression in order to determine the risk factors associated with a reactive test result. We analysed variables related to: social organisation, sociodemographic characteristics, risk exposure that caused the test, previous test history, history of sexually transmitted infections (predictive variables) and test result (dependent variable).results. It was possible to characterise 1,844 people (48%). They were mostly men (70%) who had sex with men (MSM) in the last 12 months (59%). The 53% had a previous HIV test and came to social organisations after an exposure to risk, especially unprotected oral sex (75%), vaginal (50%) and/or anal (38%). Twenty-three percent was foreigners. A positive result was associated to: HIV work area, male sex, MSM, unprotected sex (anal, with HIV+ person or with sex worker) and test antecedent (p<0.05). These unprotected practices and male sex were also significant in the multivariate analysis.conclusions. This approach of the study made it possible to charac...

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“…were more likely to have been tested in the past year, which was consistent with the results of many studies (Lorusso et al, 2017;Sun et al, 2020;Wong et al, 2017).…”

“…In our study, 66.8% (2,674/4,005) of the participants had been tested for HIV in the past year. Multivariate analysis showed that MSM with high-risk behaviors such as anal sex with men in the last 6 months and drug use were more likely to have been tested in the past year, which was consistent with the results of many studies ( Lorusso et al, 2017 ; Sun et al, 2020 ; Wong et al, 2017 ). A study reported that 51% of MSM living in the United States had been tested for HIV in the past year ( Stephenson et al, 2015 ).…”