An epidemiological study on HIV sexual transmission in married spouse in Yunnan province
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2012.02.010
- VernacularTitle:云南省家庭内配偶经性传播HIV影响因素调查
- Author:
Jin-Lei QI
1
;
Hong-Bing LUO
;
Yan-Ling MA
;
Xiao-Jing AN
;
Yan-Ling YANG
;
Jun-Li HUO
;
Hui GUO
;
Lin LU
;
Man-Hong JIA
Author Information
1. 昆明医学院
- Keywords:
Human immunodeficiency virus;
Spouse;
Sexual transmission;
Influencing factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2012;33(2):173-176
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand the status of HIV sexual transmission among HIV- sero-discordant spouses and HIV-sero-accordant spouses in Yunnan province,to discuss the related factors and to provide evidence for HIV prevention and control strategy.Methods Five places with serious epidemic and 3 moderate ones were voluntarily,randomly selected.According to time sequence,300 spouses (600 people) with stable marriage were interviewed with questionnaire.Results HIV-sero-accordant spouses occupied for 40.7% of the total spouses under survey,with the others were HIV-sero-discordant ones.Among the ones that had already been diagnosed in the families,sexual transmission was their main mode of transmission,which was accounted for 68.3%,followd by IDU as 19.7%.After disclosed the HIV test outcomes to their spouses,63.4% HIV-sero-discordant spouses and 47.0% HIV-sero-accordant ones changed their sexual behaviors.The rates of consistent condom use among the HIV-sero-discordant spouses increased from 16.8% to 95.0%,and in HIV-sero-accordant spouses increased from 8.2% to 60.9%.Data were analyzed by multi-factor logistic regression.Factors on influencing the sexual transmission in spouses would include condom use,frequency of sexual contacts and sexual transmission disease (STD) status etc.Conclusion The main transmission mode for the first HIV infected spouse was sexual transmission.Factors influencing sexual transmission in spouses would include condom use,frequency of sexual contacts,STD situation and husband was the first one being infected in the families,etc.Disclosure of the HIV results to the spouses could make a significant changes in the frequencies of sexual contact as well as the rate of condom use.