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

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  • Juan Hoyos

    (Departamento de Salud Pública y Materno-Infantil, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Tomás Maté

    (Gerencia de Atención Primaria de Valladolid Este, Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castilla y León (SACYL), 47010 Valladolid, Spain)

  • Juan-Miguel Guerras

    (CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
    Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain)

  • Marta Donat

    (Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain)

  • Cristina Agustí

    (CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
    Departament de Salut, Centre Estudis Epidemiologics sobre les Infeccions de Transmissio Sexual i Sida de Catalunya (CEEISCAT), Generalitat de Catalunya, 08005 Badalona, Spain)

  • Matthias Kuske

    (AIDS Hilfe NRW e.V., 10963 Berlin, Germany)

  • Ricardo Fuertes

    (GAT-Grupo de Ativistas em Tratamentos, 1000-228 Lisboa, Portugal)

  • Sophocles Chanos

    (Checkpoint Athens, 105 54 Athens, Greece)

  • Francois Pichon

    (AIDS Fondet, 1456 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Luis Sordo

    (Departamento de Salud Pública y Materno-Infantil, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
    CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain)

  • José Pulido

    (Departamento de Salud Pública y Materno-Infantil, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
    CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain)

  • María-José Belza

    (CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
    Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain)

  • on behalf of the EURO HIV EDAT Group

    (EURO HIV EDAT Group are listed in Acknowledgments.)

Abstract

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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  • Juan Hoyos & Tomás Maté & Juan-Miguel Guerras & Marta Donat & Cristina Agustí & Matthias Kuske & Ricardo Fuertes & Sophocles Chanos & Francois Pichon & Luis Sordo & José Pulido & María-José Belza & on, 2021. "Preference towards HIV Self-Testing above Other Testing Options in a Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men from Five European Countries," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-12, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:9:p:4804-:d:546912
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    1. Varsicka Kularadhan & Joscelyn Gan & Eric P. F. Chow & Christopher K. Fairley & Jason J. Ong, 2022. "HIV and STI Testing Preferences for Men Who Have Sex with Men in High-Income Countries: A Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(5), pages 1-17, March.
    2. Juan-Miguel Guerras & María-José Belza & María-José Fuster & Luis de la Fuente & Patricia García de Olalla & David Palma & Jorge-Néstor García-Pérez & Juan Hoyos & on behalf of the Methysos Project Gr, 2022. "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," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-12, January.

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