Delineating patterns of sexualized substance use and its association with sexual and mental health outcomes among young gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Singapore: a latent class analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (YMSM) are vulnerable to the risks associated with sexualized substance use. This is a novel study in Singapore that aims to classify patterns of sexualized substance use among YMSM, and investigate its association with sexual and mental health outcomes.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study among 570 YMSM aged 18 to 25 years old, latent class analysis (LCA) conducted to identify classes with similar patterns of sexualized substance use, across which measures of inconsistent condom use, recent STI diagnoses, past suicide ideation and depression severity were compared.

Results

LCA revealed three classes of YMSM based on types of substances ever used in sexualized contexts, which we labelled as 'substan

SUBMITTER: Tan RKJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8166008 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature