Analysis of willingness and influencing factors for usage of pre-exposure prophylaxis among male u-niversity students who have sex with men / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the willingness and influencing factors for usage of pre-exposure prophylaxis(PrEP) among male students who have sex with men (MSM) in universities of Guangxi. Meth-ods 295 MSM students in universities were recruited by Snow-balling methods. Questionnaires were self-administered to collect social demographic information,AIDS related risky sexual behaviors and willingness for usage of PrEP. Logistic regression was employed for univariate and multivariate analysis. Results Of the 295 MSM,58(19.7%)had ever heard PrEP,265(89.8%) said that they would like to use PrEP. Multivari-ate logistic regression analysis showed that those who had found partners through friends ( OR=11.419,95%CI1.363~95.641), those who would advise his friend to use PrEP ( OR=87.946,95%CI13.660-566. 222),those who concerned the convenience to gain the medicine ( OR=119.652,95%CI3.765-3802.184) and those who said that they could take medicine every day ( OR=88.245,95%CI10.237-760.696) were more likely to accept PrEP. The subjects whose partners would be angry if they stick to use condoms( OR=0.106,95%CI0.019-0.606),and those who suspected the effectiveness of drugs( OR=0.010,95%CI0. 001-0.112) were less likely to accept PrEP. Conclusion The acceptability of PrEP is high in university students'MSM. The safety of drugs and the convenience to gain the medicine are the main influencing factors for usage of PrEP.Using of PrEP should be strengthened to the MSM.