Characteristics of men who have sex with men (MSM) who attend sex parties: results from a national online sample in the USA

Objective To compare three groups of men who have sex with men (MSM)—men who had attended a sex party in the past year (45.2%); men who had been to a sex party more than a year ago (23.3%); and men who had never been to one (31.5%)—on socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics. Method In spri...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Sexually transmitted infections 2014-02, Vol.90 (1), p.26-32
Hauptverfasser:	Grov, Christian, Rendina, H Jonathon, Breslow, Aaron S, Ventuneac, Ana, Adelson, Stephan, Parsons, Jeffrey T
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Behavior Biological and medical sciences Data Collection Epidemiology. Vaccinations General aspects HIV Infections - diagnosis HIV Infections - epidemiology HIV Infections - prevention & control HIV Seropositivity - epidemiology Homosexuality, Male - statistics & numerical data Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Men Prevalence Prevention Risk-Taking Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data Sexual Partners Studies United States - epidemiology Unsafe Sex - statistics & numerical data
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective To compare three groups of men who have sex with men (MSM)—men who had attended a sex party in the past year (45.2%); men who had been to a sex party more than a year ago (23.3%); and men who had never been to one (31.5%)—on socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics. Method In spring 2012, 2063 sexually active MSM in the USA were recruited using banner advertising on a sexual networking website to complete an online survey about their sexual behaviour and attendance at sex parties. Results A significantly higher proportion of past year attendees were HIV-positive (28.1%), single (31.7%), demonstrated sexual compulsivity symptomology (39.2%), recently used drugs (67.8%), averaged the greatest number of recent male partners (Mdn=15,
ISSN:	1368-4973 1472-3263
DOI:	10.1136/sextrans-2013-051094