Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Department of Psychology, College of Health Professions, Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago, IL.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 Dec 1;91(4):353-363. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003072. Epub 2022 Aug 19.
INTRODUCTION: Daily antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a safe and effective method of preventing HIV. Clinicians' assumptions, biases, and judgments may impede access to PrEP. Specifically, concern that patients will engage in more condomless sex ("risk compensation") has been cited by clinicians as a reason for not prescribing PrEP. METHODS: In this experimental study among medical students, we systematically varied race (White or Black) and condom-use behaviors (continued-use, planned-discontinuation, or continued-nonuse) of a fictional patient (all men with multiple male sex partners). Participants indicated the patients' assumed adherence to PrEP, patients' overall HIV risk, and willingness to prescribe PrEP. Participants completed an implicit association test to detect implicit racism and measures of heterosexism and attitudes toward nonmonogamy, which were examined as moderators of patient race and condom-use effects on participants' assumptions and ultimate willingness to prescribe PrEP. RESULTS: Participants ( N = 600) were most willing to prescribe PrEP to the continued-nonuse patient and least willing to prescribe to the planned-discontinuation patient. No differences were identified based on patient race. The continued-nonuse (vs. continued-use) patient was perceived as less likely to adhere to PrEP, which was associated with lower willingness to prescribe. Negative attitudes toward nonmonogamy exacerbated this effect. No effects of implicit racism or explicit heterosexism were identified. CONCLUSIONS: Participants were least willing to prescribe PrEP to patients who planned to discontinue condom use. Patients seeking PrEP are exhibiting agency over their sexual health, and clinicians should fulfill their role in ensuring access to this primary preventative therapy. Training and curricular reform regarding PrEP are needed.
简介:每日使用抗逆转录病毒药物进行暴露前预防(PrEP)是预防 HIV 的一种安全有效的方法。临床医生的假设、偏见和判断可能会阻碍 PrEP 的使用。具体而言,担心患者会进行更多无保护性行为(“风险补偿”),这被临床医生认为是不开具 PrEP 的原因之一。
方法:在这项针对医学生的实验研究中,我们系统地改变了虚构患者的种族(白种人或黑种人)和 condom 使用行为(持续使用、计划停用或持续不使用)。参与者根据患者假设的 PrEP 依从性、患者的总体 HIV 风险以及开具 PrEP 的意愿来表示意见。参与者完成了一项内隐联想测试,以检测内隐种族主义以及对异性恋的偏见和对非单偶制的态度,这些因素被作为患者种族和 condom 使用对参与者假设和最终开具 PrEP 的意愿的影响的调节因素进行了检验。
结果:参与者(n=600)最愿意为持续不使用 condom 的患者开具 PrEP,最不愿意为计划停用 condom 的患者开具 PrEP。患者的种族并不影响参与者的决定。与持续使用 condom 的患者相比,持续不使用 condom 的患者被认为不太可能遵守 PrEP,这与较低的开具 PrEP 的意愿有关。对非单偶制的消极态度加剧了这种影响。内隐种族主义或外显异性恋偏见均无影响。
结论:参与者最不愿意为计划停用 condom 的患者开具 PrEP。寻求 PrEP 的患者正在对自己的性健康行使自主权,临床医生应该履行自己的职责,确保他们能够获得这种主要的预防治疗。需要进行 PrEP 培训和课程改革。
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