ArticleRevista latino-americana de enfermagem2021
Factors associated with chemsex in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Intention to Use Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Age Groups of Brazilian Men Who Have Sex With Men: National Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
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- Adherence to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Portuguese-Speaking Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis among Brazilian men who have sex with men: a comparative study between migrants and non-migrants.Frontiers in public health · 2023Observational
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- Sexual Health During COVID-19: A Scoping Review.Sexual medicine reviews · 2022Article
- Influence of Sociodemographic and Emotional Factors on the Relationship between Self-Compassion and Perceived Stress among Men Residing in Brazil during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Determinants of sexual exposure to HIV in Portuguese and Brazilian adolescents: a path analysis.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2022Article
- Employing Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) to recruit people who inject drugs (PWID) and other hard-to-reach populations during COVID-19: Lessons learned.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Real-life cohort experience after implementing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis for one year in northwest Spain.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Sexual Exposure to HIV Infection during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): A Multicentric Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Intention to use PrEP among men who have sex with men and engage in chemsex: an international descriptive study.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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Abstract
objectiveto investigate the factors associated with the practice of sex under the influence of drugs (chemsex) among Portuguese men who have sex with men during the period of social distancing to prevent the COVID-19.
methodonline survey applied in May 2020 to a sample of 1,301 participants living in Portugal, recruited according to Respondent Driven Sampling and via social media Facebook®. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were performed along with logistic regression to calculate adjusted Odds Ratio (ORa).
resultsthe prevalence of chemsex was 20.2%. The likelihood of practicing chemsex increased with group sex (ORa: 28.4, 95%CI 16.93-47.49); unprotected sex (ORa: 7.1 95%CI 4.57-10.99); the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent COVID-19 (ORa: 4.2, 95%CI 2.71-6.39) and COVID-19 testing (ORa: 1.9, 95%CI 1.15-3.10).
conclusionthe practice of chemsex among men who have sex with men during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal was very frequent and may support greater understanding of the role and impact of sexual behavior on the COVID-19 transmission rates and the current pandemic situation in Portugal.
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