Latent Class Analysis of Online Platforms for Partner-Seeking and Sexual Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men from Central Kentucky

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Pravosud, Vira [1 ]
Ballard, April M. [2 ]
Holloway, Ian W. [3 ]
Young, April M. [4 ,5 ]
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[1] Univ Calif San Francisco, Northern Calif Inst Res & Educ, San Francisco VA Med Ctr, San Francisco, CA 94115 USA
[2] Georgia State Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Populat Hlth Sci, Atlanta, GA USA
[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Luskin Sch Publ Affairs, Los Angeles, CA USA
[4] Univ Kentucky, Coll Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol & Environm Hlth, Lexington, KY USA
[5] Univ Kentucky, Ctr Drug & Alcohol Res, Dept Behav Sci, Coll Med, Lexington, KY USA
关键词
Latent class analysis (LCA); Men who have sex with men (MSM); Sexual behaviors associated with potential HIV risks; Geosocial networking applications; App use classes; HIV prevention; Analisis de clases latentes (ACL); Hombres que tienen sexo con hombres (HSH); Comportamientos sexuales asociados con riesgos potenciales de VIH; Aplicaciones de redes geosociales; Clases de uso de aplicaciones; Prevencion del VIH; HIV-STATUS DISCLOSURE; NEW-YORK-CITY; YOUNG MEN; LOGISTIC-REGRESSION; RISK BEHAVIOR; RURAL MSM; INTERNET; PREVENTION; GAY; APPS;
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10.1007/s10461-023-04210-0
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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Little is known whether engagement in sexual behaviors associated with potential HIV risks differs by subgroups of men who have sex with men (MSM), who are distinct regarding patterns of use of online tools for partner-seeking. Using latent class analysis, we revealed four classes of app-using MSM (n = 181, 18-34 y.o., 82.4% identified as White and non-Hispanic) residing in Central Kentucky: the Grindr/Tinder class; the Poly App Use class of MSM-oriented apps; the General Social Media class, and the Bumble class. Unadjusted penalized logistic regressions showed associations of the Poly App Use class with increased numbers of receptive anal sex partners and reporting condomless receptive anal sex. Adjusting for other covariates, poly app users versus others were more likely to be older (25-34 vs. 18-24, AOR = 3.81, 95%CI = 1.70-9.03), to report past six-month illicit drug use (AOR = 2.93, 95%CI = 1.25-7.43) and to have ever used pre-exposure prophylaxis (AOR = 2.79, 95%CI = 1.10-7.12). Poly app users had behavior profiles associated with an elevated HIV risk and also reported HIV-related protective behaviors likely indicating increased risk awareness among this class. Our findings warrant differentiation of behavior profiles by patterns of app use and suggest not to generalize sexual behaviors associated with potential HIV risks to all app-using MSM. Poco se sabe si la participacion en comportamientos sexuales asociados con riesgos potenciales de VIH difiere segun distintos subgrupos de hombres que tienen sexo con hombres (HSH) en base a patrones en el uso de herramientas online para la busqueda de pareja. Mediante el analisis de clases latentes, identificamos cuatro clases de HSH que usan aplicaciones (n = 181, 18-34 anos, 82.4% identificados como Blancos y no-Hispanos) y residen en Kentucky Central: la clase Grindr/Tinder, la clase Poly App Use de aplicaciones orientadas a HSH, la clase General Social Media y la clase Bumble. Las regresiones logisticas penalizadas no ajustadas mostraron asociaciones de la clase Poly App Use con un alza en el numero de parejas receptivas en relaciones sexuales anales y con reportes de sexo anal receptivo sin condon. Al ajustar por otras covariables, los miembros de la clase Poly App Use, con respecto a las otras clases, tuvieron mas probabilidades de ser mayores (25-34 vs. 18-24, ORA = 3,81; IC95%=1,70 - 9,03), de informar el uso de drogas ilicitas en los ultimos 6 meses (ORA = 2,93; IC95%=1,25 - 7,43) y haber utilizado alguna vez profilaxis-preexposicion (ORA = 2,79; IC95%=1,10 - 7,12). Asi mismo, los miembros de esta clase tuvieron perfiles de comportamiento asociado con el riesgo elevado de VIH y tambien informaron comportamientos de proteccion relacionados con el VIH que probablemente indican una mayor conciencia del riesgo entre ellos. Nuestros hallazgos justifican la diferenciacion de perfiles de comportamiento en base a patrones de uso de aplicaciones y sugieren no generalizar los comportamientos sexuales asociados con riesgos potenciales de VIH a todos los HSH que las usan.
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