Epidemiological study on the status of HIV/STDs and relative behaviors among MSM in Beijing / 中华流行病学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To understand the infected status of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), sexually transmitted disease (STD) and relative risk behaviors of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Beijing.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) was adopted to recruit target population and to conduct behavior and serological studies among MSM. RDSAT 5.5 was used to analyze data.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Among 427 MSM, the age distribution was as follows below 30 and less than 35 were 65.4% and 81.0% respectively. 69.2% (95% CI 63.9-75.5) of them had 12 years or less of education. 73.3% (95% CI 66.7-79.8) of them were non-Beijing registered residents. The urban and rural registered residents almost accounted for half of all the recruits. HIV positive rate was 4.6% (95% CI 2.2-7.6) while 56.3% (95% CI 50.9-62.5) of them reported having had bisexual sex preference. Only 14.8% (95% CI 10.8-19.6) of them had ever had HIV test, while 22.8% (95% CI 18.7-27.8) reported ever having had STDs. 55.3% (95% CI 49.3-61.9) and 55.1% (95% CI 48.7-61.3) of them had unprotected insert and receptive anal sex over the last 6 months.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Data from the HIV positive rate showed that there was a trend of increase among MSM in Beijing which called for urgent care to them.</p>