Open AccessFirst Responses to the Symptoms of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Treatment-Seeking Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in 13 Cities in China
Author(s) -
Jing Li,
Xiaoli Yue,
Yajie Wang,
Xia Gong
Publication year - 2019
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/olq.0000000000001074
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , demography , logistic regression , men who have sex with men , odds ratio , syphilis , genital warts , sexually transmitted disease , cross sectional study , demographics , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , sociology
Data are scarce on sexually transmitted infection (STI) treatment-seeking behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. The purpose of the study was to characterize the first response to STI symptoms, treatment-seeking behavior, and its associated factors among MSM in China.