Quality of life among HIV-infected college students among men who have sex with men
JING Zhengwei1, NING Yan2, CHANG Wenhui3, ZHOU Chao4, REN Qiang3, DONG Lifang3, JIA Hua3, XU Shiyao1, WANG Zhifeng1,5
1. School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; 2. Chinese Center for Health Education, Beijing 100011, China; 3. Shaanxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, China; 4. Chongqing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chongqing 400042, China; 5. Center for Health Policy and Technology Assessment, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
Abstract:Objective To investigate the quality of life and its influencing factors among HIV-infected college students among men who have sex with men (MSM), so as to provide the evidence for improving the quality of life among HIV-infected MSM college students. Methods HIV-infected MSM college students were sampled from those with follow-up management by Shaanxi, Chongqing and Guangdong Centers for Disease Control and Prevention using a convenience sampling method, and participants' demographics, AIDS-related knowledge, attitude and practice were collected using questionnaire surveys. The scores for physical, psychological, social and environmental domains, and the overall quality of life were measured using the Chinese version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief (WHOQOL-BREF), and their influencing factors were identified using a multivariable linear regression model. Results Totally 182 HIV-infected MSM college students were enrolled, including 39 students from Shaanxi Province, 48 students from Chongqing Municipality and 95 students from Guangdong Province. The participants had a median age of 21 years (interquartile range, 3 years), and included 128 students with a degree of bachelor and above (70.33%). The score for the overall quality of life score was (15.54±2.61) points, and the scores for physical, psychological, social and environmental domains were (14.53±2.28), (14.26±2.51), (14.14±2.56) points and (14.51±2.15) points, respectively. Multivariable linear regression analysis showed that awareness of AIDS-related knowledge affected the overall quality of life (β'=0.175), educational level (β'=0.188) and number of male sexual partners in the past six months (β'=-0.161) affected the quality of life in the physiological domain, attitudes towards commercial sexual behaviors between men and men affected the quality of life in the psychological domain (β'=0.149), and the study area (Shaanxi: β'=-0.211; Chongqing: β'=-0.150) and awareness of AIDS-related knowledge (β'=0.197) affected the quality of life in the environmental domain. Conclusions The overall quality of life is high among HIV-infected MSM college students. Area, educational level, awareness of AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes towards commercial sexual behaviors between men and men and number of male sexual partners are main factors affecting the quality of life among HIV-infected MSM college students.
景正伟, 宁艳, 常文辉, 周超, 任强, 董丽芳, 贾华, 许诗瑶, 王志锋. 高校MSM人群HIV感染学生生存质量分析[J]. 预防医学, 2023, 35(4): 291-294.
JING Zhengwei, NING Yan, CHANG Wenhui, ZHOU Chao, REN Qiang, DONG Lifang, JIA Hua, XU Shiyao, WANG Zhifeng. Quality of life among HIV-infected college students among men who have sex with men. Preventive Medicine, 2023, 35(4): 291-294.