HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 15, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2012 Nov;16(8):2209-15. doi: 10.1007/s10461-012-0156-7.
Much research has examined the relationship between depressive symptoms and unprotected sex among men who have sex with men (MSM), but little is known about how depression is related to the sexual behavior of men who intentionally engage in unprotected anal intercourse, or bareback sex. In this study, we explored the extent to which depressive symptoms were associated with rates of unprotected sex among barebackers, and whether this relationship was dependent upon HIV serostatus. Using a sample of 120 MSM who engage in intentional condomless sex, we found that for HIV-negative participants, depressive symptoms were associated with the overall frequency of unprotected anal intercourse as well as unprotected anal intercourse with a serodiscordant partner. For HIV-positive participants, depressive symptoms were not associated unprotected intercourse. Additional research is needed to better understand depression among men who bareback and how interventions could be designed to address depression and reduce sexual risk behaviors.
许多研究都考察了抑郁症状与男男性行为者(MSM)中的无保护性行为之间的关系,但对于故意进行无保护肛交或无保护性行为的男性的抑郁症状与性行为之间的关系,知之甚少。在这项研究中,我们探讨了抑郁症状与无套肛交者的无保护性行为发生率之间的关联程度,以及这种关系是否取决于 HIV 血清状况。我们使用了 120 名故意进行无套性行为的男男性行为者的样本,发现对于 HIV 阴性参与者,抑郁症状与无保护肛交的总体频率以及与血清不一致的伴侣的无保护肛交有关。对于 HIV 阳性参与者,抑郁症状与无保护性行为无关。需要进一步的研究来更好地了解无套肛交者中的抑郁情况,以及如何设计干预措施来解决抑郁问题和减少性风险行为。