Response Rate, Acceptability and Effectiveness of an Intervention Offering HIV/STI Testing Via Apps Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Barcelona, Spain, from 2016 to 2020

We evaluated the response rate, acceptability, and effectiveness of a preventive programme offering rapid HIV and other STI testing, as well as sexual counselling to gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) via dating apps over a 4-year period. The programme was carried out in 9 ou...

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Autores: Alarcón Gutiérrez, Miguel|||0000-0003-2157-9923, Palma, David|||0000-0003-4880-5396, Alberny Iglesias, Mireia, Ruiz Riera, Rafael, Guayta-Escolies, Rafael|||0000-0002-6976-3327, García de Olalla, Patricia, Rius i Gibert, Maria Cristina|||0000-0001-5189-6503
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Idioma:inglês
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Palavra-chave:Men who have sex with men
HIV testing
STI testing
Health promotion
Dating apps
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spelling Response Rate, Acceptability and Effectiveness of an Intervention Offering HIV/STI Testing Via Apps Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Barcelona, Spain, from 2016 to 2020Alarcón Gutiérrez, Miguel|||0000-0003-2157-9923Palma, David|||0000-0003-4880-5396Alberny Iglesias, MireiaRuiz Riera, RafaelGuayta-Escolies, Rafael|||0000-0002-6976-3327García de Olalla, PatriciaRius i Gibert, Maria Cristina|||0000-0001-5189-6503Men who have sex with menHIV testingSTI testingHealth promotionDating appsWe evaluated the response rate, acceptability, and effectiveness of a preventive programme offering rapid HIV and other STI testing, as well as sexual counselling to gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) via dating apps over a 4-year period. The programme was carried out in 9 out of the 10 districts in the city of Barcelona, Spain. The response rate was defined as the proportion of people responding to the message sent, acceptability as the proportion of those responding favourably, and effectiveness as the proportion of users requesting a test. We performed univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression in relation with the response rate, acceptability and effectiveness. A total of 5,254 messages were send to different users. The response rate was 33.1% (n = 1,741), acceptability was 86.2% (n = 1,500), and effectiveness was 10.1% (n = 532). The factors associated with user response were recent connection to the app (aOR = 1.85; CI:1.39-2.46) and the presence of a profile photograph (aOR = 1.34; CI:1.11-1.64). Acceptability was associated with recent connection to the app (aOR = 1.98; CI:1.09-3.58). Effectiveness was associated with lower reported age (aOR = 0.98; CI:0.97-0.99), contact before 14:00 (aOR = 2.47; CI: 1.77-3.46), and recent connection to the app (aOR = 4.89; CI:1.98-12.08). Effectiveness was also greater in districts that were more disadvantaged or had fewer sexual health services. This study demonstrates that the use of these apps is an acceptable and effective method of prevention and sexual health promotion in GBMSM in this setting and identifies the associated factors that could guide such interventions. 22024-01-0120242024-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/287323https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s10461-023-04165-2reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 PI16/02025open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2873232026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Response Rate, Acceptability and Effectiveness of an Intervention Offering HIV/STI Testing Via Apps Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Barcelona, Spain, from 2016 to 2020
title Response Rate, Acceptability and Effectiveness of an Intervention Offering HIV/STI Testing Via Apps Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Barcelona, Spain, from 2016 to 2020
spellingShingle Response Rate, Acceptability and Effectiveness of an Intervention Offering HIV/STI Testing Via Apps Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Barcelona, Spain, from 2016 to 2020
Alarcón Gutiérrez, Miguel|||0000-0003-2157-9923
Men who have sex with men
HIV testing
STI testing
Health promotion
Dating apps
title_short Response Rate, Acceptability and Effectiveness of an Intervention Offering HIV/STI Testing Via Apps Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Barcelona, Spain, from 2016 to 2020
title_full Response Rate, Acceptability and Effectiveness of an Intervention Offering HIV/STI Testing Via Apps Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Barcelona, Spain, from 2016 to 2020
title_fullStr Response Rate, Acceptability and Effectiveness of an Intervention Offering HIV/STI Testing Via Apps Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Barcelona, Spain, from 2016 to 2020
title_full_unstemmed Response Rate, Acceptability and Effectiveness of an Intervention Offering HIV/STI Testing Via Apps Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Barcelona, Spain, from 2016 to 2020
title_sort Response Rate, Acceptability and Effectiveness of an Intervention Offering HIV/STI Testing Via Apps Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Barcelona, Spain, from 2016 to 2020
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alarcón Gutiérrez, Miguel|||0000-0003-2157-9923
Palma, David|||0000-0003-4880-5396
Alberny Iglesias, Mireia
Ruiz Riera, Rafael
Guayta-Escolies, Rafael|||0000-0002-6976-3327
García de Olalla, Patricia
Rius i Gibert, Maria Cristina|||0000-0001-5189-6503
author Alarcón Gutiérrez, Miguel|||0000-0003-2157-9923
author_facet Alarcón Gutiérrez, Miguel|||0000-0003-2157-9923
Palma, David|||0000-0003-4880-5396
Alberny Iglesias, Mireia
Ruiz Riera, Rafael
Guayta-Escolies, Rafael|||0000-0002-6976-3327
García de Olalla, Patricia
Rius i Gibert, Maria Cristina|||0000-0001-5189-6503
author_role author
author2 Palma, David|||0000-0003-4880-5396
Alberny Iglesias, Mireia
Ruiz Riera, Rafael
Guayta-Escolies, Rafael|||0000-0002-6976-3327
García de Olalla, Patricia
Rius i Gibert, Maria Cristina|||0000-0001-5189-6503
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author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Men who have sex with men
HIV testing
STI testing
Health promotion
Dating apps
topic Men who have sex with men
HIV testing
STI testing
Health promotion
Dating apps
description We evaluated the response rate, acceptability, and effectiveness of a preventive programme offering rapid HIV and other STI testing, as well as sexual counselling to gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) via dating apps over a 4-year period. The programme was carried out in 9 out of the 10 districts in the city of Barcelona, Spain. The response rate was defined as the proportion of people responding to the message sent, acceptability as the proportion of those responding favourably, and effectiveness as the proportion of users requesting a test. We performed univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression in relation with the response rate, acceptability and effectiveness. A total of 5,254 messages were send to different users. The response rate was 33.1% (n = 1,741), acceptability was 86.2% (n = 1,500), and effectiveness was 10.1% (n = 532). The factors associated with user response were recent connection to the app (aOR = 1.85; CI:1.39-2.46) and the presence of a profile photograph (aOR = 1.34; CI:1.11-1.64). Acceptability was associated with recent connection to the app (aOR = 1.98; CI:1.09-3.58). Effectiveness was associated with lower reported age (aOR = 0.98; CI:0.97-0.99), contact before 14:00 (aOR = 2.47; CI: 1.77-3.46), and recent connection to the app (aOR = 4.89; CI:1.98-12.08). Effectiveness was also greater in districts that were more disadvantaged or had fewer sexual health services. This study demonstrates that the use of these apps is an acceptable and effective method of prevention and sexual health promotion in GBMSM in this setting and identifies the associated factors that could guide such interventions.
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