Trial reportBMC infectious diseases2017
Design of a syndemic based intervention to facilitate care for men who have sex with men with high risk behaviour: the syn.bas.in randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC infectious diseases, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02859935 (A SYNdemic BASed Co-located Linkage to Care INtervention for Men Who Have Sex With Men With High Risk Behavior), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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A SYNdemic BASed Co-located Linkage to Care INtervention for Men Who Have Sex With Men With High Risk Behavior: Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of a syndemic theory-based intervention on HIV transmission risk behaviour among men who have sex with men in India: Pretest-posttest non-equivalent comparison group trial.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Trial
- Enhancing help-seeking behaviour among men who have sex with men at risk for sexually transmitted infections: the syn.bas.in randomised controlled trial.Sexually transmitted infections · 2021Trial
- Interventions, Barriers, and Facilitators to Address the Sexual Problems of Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV: A Rapid Scoping Review.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- High prevalence of syndemic health problems in patients seeking post-exposure prophylaxis for sexual exposures to HIV.PloS one · 2018Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundMen who have sex with men (MSM) constitute a risk group for sexual transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. Despite counselling interventions, risk behaviour remains high. Syndemic theory holds that psychosocial problems often co-occur, interact and mutually reinforce each other, thereby increasing high risk behaviours and co-occurring diseases. Therefore, if co-occurring psychosocial problems were assessed and treated simultaneously, this might decrease high risk behaviour and disease.
methodAn open label randomized controlled trial will be conducted among 150 MSM with high risk behaviour recruited from the STI clinic of Amsterdam. Inclusion criteria are: HIV negative MSM with two STI and/or PEP treatment in the last 24 months, or HIV positive MSM with one STI in the last 24 months. All participants get questionnaires on the following syndemic domains: ADHD, depression, anxiety disorder, alexithymia and sex- and drug addiction. Participants in the control group receive standard care: STI screenings every three months and motivational interviewing based counselling. Participants in the experimental group receive standard care plus feedback based on the results of the questionnaires. All participants can be referred to co-located mental health or addiction services. The primary outcome is help seeking behaviour for mental health problems and/or drug use problems. The secondary outcomes are STI incidence and changes in sexual risk behaviour (i.e. condom use, number of anal sex partners, drug use during sex). DISCUSSION: This study will provide information on syndemic domains among MSM who show high risk behaviour and on the effect of screening and referral on help seeking behaviour and health (behaviour) outcomes.
trial registrationTrial Registration at clinicaltrail.gov, identifier NCT02859935 .
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