HIV/STD prevalence and related behaviors among male STD clinic attendees in Xi'an and Xianyang cities, Shaanxi province
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2017.12.010
- VernacularTitle:西安市和咸阳市性病门诊男性就诊者HIV/STD感染及相关行为特征比较
- Author:
Ting HU
1
;
Lifang DONG
;
Zhengwei DING
;
Hua JIA
;
Xiang LI
;
Junsheng ZHANG
;
Yunlong SONG
;
Wenhui CHANG
Author Information
1. 陕西省疾病预防控制中心艾滋病预防控制所
- Keywords:
Sexually transmitted disease clinic;
Male attendees;
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome;
Behavior
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2017;38(12):1634-1637
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To compare the prevalence of HIV/STD and related health care seeking behaviors among male STD clinic attendees between Xi'an and Xianyang cities.Methods During June and July 2016,206 male STD clinic attendees were studied in Xi'an city,with another 221 male STD clinic attendees in Xianyang city.Cross-sectional questionnaire survey was used to collect attendees' behavioral information.Blood samples were collected via HIV/HCV/Syphilis testing.Results The prevalence rate of HIV infection was 2.4％ (5/206) in Xi'an and 0.9％ (2/221) in Xianyang,with no statistical significant difference between the two cities.The prevalence rate of syphilis was 4.9％ (10/206) in Xi'an,which was significantly lower than 13.6％ (30/221) in Xianyang.The proportion of respondents,diagnosed with other sexually transmitted diseases,in Xi'an was higher than that of Xianyang.The proportions of commercial heterosexual sex and sex with temporary sexual partners in the past 3 months were 18.0％ (37/206) and 15.5％ (32/206) in Xi'an,lower than 46.6％ (103/221) and 15.8％ (35/221) in Xianyang (x2 =39.70,P ＜0.01;x2 =-0.01,P=0.93).The proportions of condom use with commercial sex workers or temporary sexual partners in the past 3 months among Xi'an were 37.8％ (14/37) and 6.3％ (2/32),lower than 93.1％ (95/102)and 57.1％ (20/35) in Xianyang (x2=49.06,P＜0.01;x2=19.63,P＜0.01).Conclusion Differences were noticed between Xi'an and Xianyang city in terms of STD and HIV prevalences,behaviors related to commercial sex and use of condoms among the male STD clinic attendees that calling for targeted actions in control of high risk behaviors in both HIV/AIDS and STDs transmission.
