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| Title |
Does online dating lead to higher sexual risk behaviour? A cross-sectional study among MSM in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, June 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12879-016-1637-5 |
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| Authors |
Titia Heijman, Ineke Stolte, Ronald Geskus, Amy Matser, Udi Davidovich, Maria Xiridou, Maarten Schim van der Loeff |
| Abstract |
Men having sex with men (MSM) frequently use the Internet to find sex partners. We examined the association between unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) with partners dated online and with partners dated offline (met elsewhere), and examined whether differences can be explained by self-perceived HIV status of the index and knowledge of partnership characteristics. MSM were recruited at the Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic in Amsterdam, in 2008-2009. Participants completed a questionnaire concerning sexual behaviour. Only men reporting both online and offline casual sex partners were included. We assessed the association between online/offline partner dating and UAI, using random-effects logistic regression analysis. Five hundred seventy-seven men (351 HIV-negative, 153 HIV-positive, and 73 HIV-unaware) reported UAI in 26 % of 878 online, and 23 % of 903 offline casual partnerships. The crude OR of online dating for UAI was 1.36 (95 % CI 1.03-1.81). HIV-positive men were more likely to report UAI than HIV-negative men (49 % vs. 28 % of partnerships). Adjusted for demographic characteristics, online dating had no significant effect on UAI among HIV-negative and HIV status-unaware men, but HIV-positive men were more likely to have UAI with online partners (aOR = 1.65 [95 % CI 1.05-2.57]). After correction for partner and partnership characteristics the effect of online/offline dating on UAI among HIV-positive MSM was reduced and no longer significant. Online dating was not significantly associated with UAI among HIV-negative MSM. HIV-positive MSM were more likely to practise UAI with partners dated online; however, after correction for partner and partnership characteristics, online partnership acquisition was not associated with a significantly increased risk of UAI. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 66 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 66 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 11% |
| Researcher | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 14 | 21% |
| Unknown | 18 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 18% |
| Psychology | 10 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 11 | 17% |
| Unknown | 19 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 March 2020.
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#13,044,486
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#3,002
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#175,587
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Infectious Diseases
#59
of 165 outputs
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