HIV infection, COVID-19, and vaccination against COVID-19 infection in sub-populations of men who have sex with men (MSM) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic: A questionnaire survey

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F49777513%3A23510%2F22%3A43967680" target="_blank" >RIV/49777513:23510/22:43967680 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.38207/jcmphr/2022/oct030705104" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.38207/jcmphr/2022/oct030705104</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.38207/jcmphr/2022/oct030705104" target="_blank" >10.38207/jcmphr/2022/oct030705104</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

HIV infection, COVID-19, and vaccination against COVID-19 infection in sub-populations of men who have sex with men (MSM) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic: A questionnaire survey

Original language description

Aim: MSM is one of the key groups to HIV. The COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions implemented in connection with it have fundamentally changed social and sexual life. These effects may have been much more potent for minority groups, such as MSM, than for the majority population.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study used data from an online questionnaire survey. The questionnaire was distributed using social networks. Descriptive characteristics and prevalence were calculated. ANOVA was used to test for differences between variables.Results: A total of 701 responses were analyzed. The median age was 25-29 years, the most common was university education (33.1 %), and the majority lived in a city (77.2 %). 77.6 % identified as homosexual. 44.7 % had experienced COVID-19, and 76.2 % reported vaccination against COVID-19. 24.3 % did not know their HIV status, and 5.6 % said they were HIV positive.Conclusion: Knowledge of HIV status increased with age; many respondents did not know their HIV status. Along with education and economic activity, age was a significant factor for HIV, COVID-19, and vaccination. HIV prevalence was higher in the MSM population than reported by previous studies, highlighting the need for further studies and testing in this subpopulation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30303 - Infectious Diseases

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health Reports

ISSN

2692-9899

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

3

Issue of the periodical within the volume

7

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

nestrankovano

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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