Ko Nai-Ying, Lee Hsin-Chun, Hung Chien-Ching, Chang Jui-Ling, Lee Nan-Yao, Chang Chia-Ming, Lee Meng-Ping, Chang Hsu-Ting, Ko Wen-Chien
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
AIDS Care. 2009 Dec;21(12):1499-507. doi: 10.1080/09540120902923022.
The study purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness of a structural intervention in reducing unprotected sexual behaviours, increasing condom accessibility and their relationship to the prevalence of HIV infection and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in gay bathhouse attendees. A quasi-experimental study with a non-equivalent control group for comparison was conducted at nine gay bathhouses in Taiwan from 2004 to 2006. A structural intervention designed to increase condom distribution and accessibility inside the bathhouses was implemented at one bathhouse in each city. Bathhouse attendees were invited to complete a questionnaire and to be screened for HIV infection and STIs. Of 632 study participants, 270 were surveyed six months after the intervention was conducted. At the time of follow-up after controlling for baseline data, patrons attending bathhouses for which intervention was performed were more likely to report accessing condoms inside bathhouses than those attending control bathhouses (92.6% versus 81.3%, P = 0.016), and condoms were more likely to be available at the reception desk of the bathhouse entrance (87.5% in intervention bathhouses versus 69.4% in control, P = 0.047). In a multivariate analysis adjusted for age, access to condoms inside bathhouses (adjusted odds ratio (AOR): 4.35; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.48-12.78) and attendance at bathhouses with intervention (AOR: 2.07; 95% CI: 1.07-3.97) were independently associated with consistent condom use during anal intercourse. There were no significant differences in the prevalences of HIV infection and STIs at the six-month follow-up. Bathhouses with structural intervention were associated with consistent condom use during anal intercourse among bathhouse patrons. Our findings highlight the importance of extension of condom distribution inside the bathhouses to increase condom use among bathhouse patrons.
本研究旨在评估一项结构性干预措施在减少无保护性行为、提高避孕套可及性方面的效果,以及这些因素与男同性恋浴室常客中艾滋病毒感染率和性传播感染(STIs)患病率之间的关系。2004年至2006年期间,在台湾的九家男同性恋浴室进行了一项采用非等效对照组进行比较的准实验研究。在每个城市的一家浴室实施了一项旨在增加浴室内避孕套分发和可及性的结构性干预措施。邀请浴室常客填写问卷,并接受艾滋病毒感染和性传播感染筛查。在632名研究参与者中,270人在干预实施六个月后接受了调查。在控制基线数据后的随访时,接受干预的浴室常客比未接受干预的浴室常客更有可能报告在浴室内获取到了避孕套(92.6%对81.3%,P = 0.016),并且在浴室入口接待处更有可能获取到避孕套(干预浴室为87.5%,对照浴室为69.4%,P = 0.047)。在对年龄进行调整的多变量分析中,在浴室内获取避孕套(调整后的优势比(AOR):4.35;95%置信区间(CI):1.48 - 12.78)以及前往接受干预的浴室(AOR:2.07;95% CI:1.07 - 3.97)与肛交时持续使用避孕套独立相关。在六个月的随访中,艾滋病毒感染率和性传播感染患病率没有显著差异。实施结构性干预的浴室与浴室常客在肛交时持续使用避孕套有关。我们的研究结果凸显了在浴室内扩大避孕套分发以增加浴室常客使用避孕套的重要性。