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[Characterising people who demanded the rapid HIV test in Andalusia between 2013 and 2014]
N Lorusso1, F Lozano, C Zamora
1Servicio de Epidemiología. Dirección General de Salud Pública. Consejería de sanidad de Castilla y León. lorlorni@jcyl.es.
Background:
The aim of the study was to describe people who demanded the HIV screening test in Andalusia (Spain).
Design:
Cross-sectional study carried out by social organisation collaborating with the Program for early diagnosis of HIV in Andalusia. Participants underwent an oral HIV test and answered a survey beforehand, from September 2013 to August 2014. The study included a descriptive analysis of data and a logistic regression in order to determine the risk factors associated with a reactive test result. We analysed variables related to: social organisation, sociodemographic characteristics, risk exposure that caused the test, previous test history, history of sexually transmitted infections (predictive variables) and test result (dependent variable).
Results:
It was possible to characterise 1,844 people (48%). They were mostly men (70%) who had sex with men (MSM) in the last 12 months (59%). The 53% had a previous HIV test and came to social organisations after an exposure to risk, especially unprotected oral sex (75%), vaginal (50%) and/or anal (38%). Twenty-three percent was foreigners. A positive result was associated to: HIV work area, male sex, MSM, unprotected sex (anal, with HIV+ person or with sex worker) and test antecedent (p<0.05). These unprotected practices and male sex were also significant in the multivariate analysis.
Conclusions:
This approach of the study made it possible to characterise a great number of people (around 50%). These results will guide improvements in the Program's data collection and future community interventions.
