Open AccessAssociation Between ‘Safer Sex Fatigue’ and Rectal Gonorrhea Is Mediated by Unsafe Sex With Casual Partners Among HIV-Positive Homosexual Men
Author(s) -
Ineke G. Stolte,
John de Wit,
Marion Kolader,
H Fennema,
Roel A. Coutinho,
Nicole H. T. M. Dukers
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/01.olq.0000194596.78637.8e
Subject(s) - medicine , gonorrhea , casual , demography , chlamydia , logistic regression , cross sectional study , anal sex , men who have sex with men , sexually transmitted disease , unsafe sex , condom , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , mediation , syphilis , immunology , pathology , sociology , composite material , political science , law , materials science
The objective of this study was to investigate whether and what sexual risk behavior is a mediator of associations between rectal gonorrhea (RG) and highly active antiretroviral therapy-related beliefs, safer sex fatigue, or sexual sensation-seeking among homosexual men.