Sexual behaviours and correlates of condom use among HIV-discordant couples from eastern China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate sexual behaviours among HIV-discordant heterosexual couples and assess the correlates of condom use at the couple level.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Seven prefectures along the Yangtze River in the Anhui Province, China.

Participants

We included 412 participants aged 18 years or older (206 married HIV-discordant couples).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

In this study, sexual behaviours included marital or extramarital sex in the past 6 months, as well as the frequency of marital sex and condom use (always, sometimes or never) if having marital sex in the past 6 months. We used stepwise ordinal logistic regression modelling to determine the correlates of condom use.

Results

In total, 63.1% (130 of 206) of

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10277063 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature