Short-term increase in unsafe sexual behaviour after initiation of HAART in Côte d'Ivoire

AIDS. 2008 Jan 2;22(1):154-6. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f029e8.

Abstract

A study of 312 untreated and 303 HAART-initiating patients to determine whether HAART is related to sexual risk taking in Côte d'Ivoire. At enrollment, unprotected sex was higher among untreated patients (P = 0.014). During follow-up, risk taking was similar (P = 0.484) as a result of an increase in unprotected sex among treated patients (from 20.4 to 30.1%, P < 0.0001) and stability among untreated patients (from 27.0 to 28.8%, P = 0.301). HAART appeared to be associated with sexual risk taking.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
  • Cote d'Ivoire / epidemiology
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology*
  • HIV-1*
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Risk-Taking*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Unsafe Sex*

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents