Asociación entre compromiso religioso y presentar actitudes negativas hacia hombres homosexuales, en un grupo de estudiantes de medicina peruanos / Association between religious commitment and having negative attitudes toward homosexual men, in a group f Peruvian medical students

RESUMEN

Objetivo: evaluar la asociación entre compromiso religioso y presentar actitudes negativas hacia hombres homosexuales, en un grupo de estudiantes de medicina peruanos. Materiales y métodos: estudio transversal analítico realizado en estudiantes que asistieron a una asamblea estudiantil de la International Federation of Medical Students Associations en Perú. La presencia de actitudes negativas hacia hombres homosexuales se evaluó usando una dimensión de la AttitudesToward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale. El compromiso religioso se evaluó con la pregunta ¿te consideras una persona religiosa? Los factores asociados a presentar actitudes negativas hacia hombres homosexuales fueron evaluados usando razones de prevalencia (RP) y sus intervalos de confianza al 95% (IC 95%) calculados con regresiones de Poisson con varianza robusta. Resultados: se analizaron datos de 117 participantes (62,4% fueron mujeres, edad promedio 20,9 ± 1,6 años). Se encontró una asociación entre el compromiso religioso y presentar actitudes negativas hacia hombres homosexuales (RP 1,89; IC 95% 1,07-3,37). Otros factores asociados fueron ser mujer (RP 0,60; IC 95% 0,38-0,95) y tener algún amigo o familiar homosexual (RP 0,38; IC 95% ,24-0,61). Conclusión: en la población estudiantil analizadad, el compromiso religioso se asoció con la presencia de actitudes negativas hacia hombres homosexuales. Esto sugiere la necesidad de realizar intervenciones que concilien actitudes positivas frente a la homosexualidad con la religiosidad en estudiantes de medicina

ABSTRACT

Objective: To assess the association between religious commitment and having a negative attitude towards homosexual men in a group of Peruvian medical students. Materials and methods: This is a cross-sectional analytical study performed in a group of medical students who assisted to a meeting held by the International Federation of Medical Students Associations in Peru. The presence of negative attitudes towards homosexual men was assessed using a dimension of the Attitudes Towards Lesbians and Gay Men Scale. Religious commitment was assessed with the question "Do you consider yourself a religious person?" Factors associated to having negative attitudes towards homosexual men were assessed using prevalence ratios (PR) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) calculated with Poisson regressions with robust variance. Results: Data from 117 participants was analyzed (62.4% were female, mean age 20.9 ± 1.6 years). We found an association between religious commitment and having negative attitudes towards homosexual men (PR 1.89, 95% CI 1.07-3.37). Other associated factors were being a woman (PR 0.60, 95% CI 0.38-0.95) and having a homosexual friend or relative (PR 0.38, 95% CI 0.24-0.61). Conclusion: In surveyed students, religious commitment was associated with having negative attitudes towards homosexual men. This suggests that there is a need for interventions that reconcile positive attitudes towards homosexuality with religiosity in medical students