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Predictors of HIV Status Disclosure to Sexual Partners Among People Living with HIV in Brazil

Renata Karina Reis1, Laelson Rochelle Milanês Sousa2, Elizabete Santos Melo2

  • 1Department of General and Specialized Nursing, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development, University of São Paulo At Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, Avenida: Bandeirantes, 3900 Campus Universitário - Bairro Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. rkreis@eerp.usp.br.

AIDS and Behavior
|June 26, 2021
PubMed

The objective of this study was to identify the factors associated with the non-disclosure of HIV seropositivity among people living with HIV/AIDS undergoing antiretroviral treatment. A cross-sectional study was carried out in five HIV clinics in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine independent predictors of HIV status disclosure. It was found that 68.5% revealed their HIV seropositivity to their most recent sexual partner. The variables "casual partner" [OR 19.08, 95% CI (4.08, 20.23), p = 0.001], "sexual partners with negative HIV or unknown HIV" [OR 4.54, 95% CI (1.58, 1.01), p = 0.005], "multiple sexual partners" [OR = 3.17, 95% CI (1.34, 7.35), p = 0.009], and "lack of communication with the partner on HIV prevention"[OR = 8.3, 95% CI (3.88, 16.61), p = 0.001] were independently associated with non-disclosure of the diagnosis. Future HIV prevention interventions should encourage open communication between sexual partners.

Keywords:
DisclosureHIV preventionHIV seropositivityHealth risk behaviorsSexual partners

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