Clinical, behavioural, and attitudinal factors related to HIV transmission by use of HAART
| On HAART | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Not on HAART | Crude odds ratio | Adjusted* odds ratios | |
| Clinical factors: | |||
| Detectable viral load | 1 | 0.040 (0.018 to 0.091) | 0.030 (0.014 to 0.078) |
| Any STI diagnosed in past year | 1 | 0.55 (0.35 to 0.88) | 0.70 (0.40 to 1.22) |
| Bacterial STI diagnosed by screening at the clinic in past year | 1 | 0.49 (0.30 to 0.78) | 0.70 (0.38 to 1.27) |
| Behavioural factors: | |||
| UAI with one or more new partners in the past month | 1 | 0.76 (0.44 to 1.29) | 1.03 (0.53 to 2.00) |
| Insertive UAI with one or more new partners in the past month | 1 | 0.91 (0.50 to 1.67) | 1.33 (0.63 to 2.78) |
| UAI with one or more new partners in the past year | 1 | 0.60 (0.39 to 0.95) | 0.95 (0.54 to 1.67) |
| Insertive UAI with one or more new partners in the past year | 1 | 0.63 (0.40 to 1.10) | 1.02 (0.56 to 1.86) |
| Two or more new sexual partners in the past month | 1 | 0.74 (0.47 to 1.15) | 0.88 (0.51 to 1.54) |
| Attitudinal factors: | Numbers (%) agreeing with the following statements: | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Adjusted for subjective wellbeing, CD4 count, age, and time since diagnosis of HIV infection. | |||
| Safer sex is as important as ever | 75/84 (89) | 257/282 (91) | 0.719 |
| I am just as likely to practise safer sex as I always was | 54/83 (65) | 219/282 (78) | 0.016 |
| Getting another strain of HIV would be a serious risk to my health | 95/112 (85) | 239/289 (83) | 0.220 |
| Getting another strain of HIV could reduce my treatment options in the future | 86/112 (77) | 240/288 (83) | 0.279 |
| As an HIV positive man, I should feel an extra responsibility not pass on HIV to another person | 96/112 (86) | 252/289 (87) | 0.459 |
| HIV positive gay men have more responsibility to practise safer sex than HIV negative men | 32/112 (29) | 102/289 (35) | 0.332 |
| If someone is HIV positive but taking new medications that reduce “viral loal,” safer sex isn’t important | 1/84 (1) | 10/282 (4) | 0.914 |
| Undetectable viral load means that HIV is unlikely to be passed on to a sexual partner | 9/112 (8) | 38/290 (13) | 0.077 |
| Undetectable viral load in my blood means that HIV is unlikely to be passed on to a sexual partner, even if we fuck without a condom | 4/112 (4) | 23/289 (8) | 0.267 |
| All gay men will eventually get HIV, so whether I practise safer sex is unimportant | 4/112 (4) | 16/288 (6) | 0.659 |