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Document 0489
DOCN M9650489
TI Decisions to get HIV tested and to accept antiretroviral therapies among
gay/bisexual men: implications for secondary prevention efforts.
DT 9605
AU Stall R; Hoff C; Coates TJ; Paul J; Phillips KA; Ekstrand M; Kegeles S;
Catania J; Daigle D; Diaz R; Center for AIDS Prevention Studies,
University of California, San; Francisco 94143, USA.
SO J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1996 Feb 1;11(2):151-60.
Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96147315
AB The objective of this study was to report prevalence rates of adherence
by HIV-seropositive individuals to medical recommendations for the
treatment of HIV infection, a behavioral pattern referred to as AIDS
secondary prevention. We report cross-sectional data (n = 2,593) from
two household-based and two bar-based samples of gay/bisexual men,
gathered in 1992 in Tucson, Arizona, and Portland, Oregon. The main
outcome variables were prevalence of HIV antibody testing and adherence
to recommended secondary prevention behaviors to prevent onset of AIDS
symptoms. Approximately one-third of the gay/bisexual men in these
samples do not know their current HIV status. Of the gay/bisexual men
who do know that they are HIV-seropositive, approximately three-fourths
adhere to each of the secondary prevention recommendations, as
appropriate to their stage of disease progression. In a multivariate
logistic model, three variables distinguished between HIV-seropositive
men who did and did not adhere: perceived antiviral treatment norms (OR
= 1.4, CI = 1.1-1.7), perceived efficacy of secondary prevention
treatments (OR = 1.4, CI = 1.1-1.7), and quality of the relationship
with one's health-care provider (OR = 2.5, CI = 1.6-4.0). These findings
indicate that efforts to support AIDS secondary prevention behaviors can
occur not only through health education to change the perceptions of
at-risk communities about the options available to delay the onset of
opportunistic infections among HIV-seropositive individuals but also by
enhancing effective doctor/patient communication.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/ETIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL
Adolescence Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Antiviral
Agents/*THERAPEUTIC USE Arizona AIDS Serodiagnosis/*PSYCHOLOGY
*Bisexuality/PSYCHOLOGY Comparative Study Cross-Sectional Studies
*Homosexuality, Male/PSYCHOLOGY Human HIV
Seropositivity/COMPLICATIONS/DRUG THERAPY/*PSYCHOLOGY Male Middle Age
Oregon Patient Acceptance of Health Care/*PSYCHOLOGY Patient
Compliance/PSYCHOLOGY Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLE
MULTICENTER STUDY
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).