Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St, W3503, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
TB HIV Care Association, Cape Town, South Africa.
BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Dec 6;22(1):910. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07892-4.
BACKGROUND: Environmental quality of life (QoL) assesses individually perceived factors such as physical safety and security, accessibility, quality of healthcare, and physical environment. These factors are particularly relevant in the context of sex work and HIV, where stigma has been identified as an important barrier across several prevention and treatment domains. This study aims to examine the association between different types of HIV- and sex work-related stigmas and environmental QoL among female sex workers (FSW) living with HIV in Durban, South Africa. METHODS: We conducted cross-sectional analyses using baseline data from the Siyaphambili randomized controlled trial. FSW who reported sex work as their primary source of income and had been diagnosed with HIV for ≥ 6 months were enrolled from June 2018-March 2020, in eThekwini, South Africa. We evaluated the association between environmental QoL, dichotomizing the environmental domain score collected by the WHO Quality of Life HIV Brief (WHOQOL-HIV BREF) questionnaire at the median, and stigma using modified robust Poisson regression models. Five stigma subscales were assessed: sex work-related (anticipated, enacted, or internalized stigma) and HIV-related (anticipated or enacted stigma). RESULTS: Among 1373 FSW, the median environmental QoL was 10.5 out of 20 [IQR: 9.0-12.5; range 4.0-19.0], while the median overall QoL was 3 out of 5 [IQR: 2-4; range 1-5]. One-third of FSW (n = 456) fell above the median environmental QoL score, while 67% were above the median overall QoL (n = 917). Reporting anticipated sex work stigma was associated with lower environmental QoL (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR] 0.74 [95% CI 0.61, 0.90]), as was severe internalized sex work stigma (aPR: 0.64, 95% CI 0.48, 0.86). Reporting enacted HIV stigma versus none was similarly associated with lower environmental QoL (aPR: 0.65, 95% CI 0.49, 0.87). Enacted sex work stigma and anticipated HIV stigma were not statistically associated with environmental QoL. CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the need to consider the impact of multiple stigmas on FSW's non-HIV related clinical outcomes, including safety and physical well-being. Moreover, these results suggest that addressing underlying structural risks may support the impact of more proximal HIV prevention and treatment interventions. Trial registration NCT03500172 (April 17, 2018).
背景:环境生活质量(QoL)评估个体感知的因素,如身体安全和保障、可达性、医疗保健质量和物理环境。这些因素在性工作和 HIV 方面尤为重要,因为污名已经被确定为多个预防和治疗领域的一个重要障碍。本研究旨在探讨不同类型的 HIV 和与性工作相关的污名与南非德班 HIV 阳性的性工作者(FSW)的环境 QoL 之间的关联。
方法:我们使用来自 Siyaphambili 随机对照试验的基线数据进行了横断面分析。2018 年 6 月至 2020 年 3 月,从南非 eThekwini 招募了将性工作作为主要收入来源且 HIV 诊断时间≥6 个月的 FSW。我们使用修正后的稳健泊松回归模型评估了环境 QoL 与污名之间的关联,将 WHOQOL-HIV BREF 问卷收集的环境域评分按中位数进行了二分(环境域评分中位数为 10.5[IQR:9.0-12.5;范围 4.0-19.0],而总体 QoL 中位数为 3[IQR:2-4;范围 1-5])。评估了五个污名亚量表:与性工作相关的(预期、实施或内化污名)和与 HIV 相关的(预期或实施污名)。
结果:在 1373 名 FSW 中,中位数环境 QoL 为 20 分中的 10.5 分[IQR:9.0-12.5;范围 4.0-19.0],而中位数总体 QoL 为 5 分中的 3 分[IQR:2-4;范围 1-5]。三分之一的 FSW(n=456)的环境 QoL 评分高于中位数,而 67%的 FSW(n=917)的总体 QoL 评分高于中位数。报告预期的性工作污名与较低的环境 QoL 相关(调整后的患病率比[APR]0.74[95%CI 0.61,0.90]),严重内化的性工作污名也是如此(APR:0.64,95%CI 0.48,0.86)。与没有报告相比,报告实施的 HIV 污名与较低的环境 QoL 相关(APR:0.65,95%CI 0.49,0.87)。实施的性工作污名和预期的 HIV 污名与环境 QoL 没有统计学关联。
结论:本研究强调需要考虑多种污名对 FSW 非 HIV 相关临床结局的影响,包括安全性和身体幸福感。此外,这些结果表明,解决潜在的结构性风险可能有助于增强更直接的 HIV 预防和治疗干预措施的效果。试验注册 NCT03500172(2018 年 4 月 17 日)。
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