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    Risk attitudes, risky sexual behaviours and willingness to test negative for syphilis using lottery-based financial incentives among Chinese men who have sex with men

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    Ong, JJ; Li, CC; Fu, H; Nie, J; Tang, W; Chang, W; Smith, MK; Marks, M; Yang, B; Wang, C; ...
    Date
    2020-08-01
    Source Title
    Sexually Transmitted Infections
    Publisher
    BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Ong, Jason; Marks, Michael
    Affiliation
    Paediatrics (RCH)
    Medical Education
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    Ong, J. J., Li, C. C., Fu, H., Nie, J., Tang, W., Chang, W., Smith, M. K., Marks, M., Yang, B., Wang, C. & Tucker, J. (2020). Risk attitudes, risky sexual behaviours and willingness to test negative for syphilis using lottery-based financial incentives among Chinese men who have sex with men. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, 96 (5), pp.355-357. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-054072.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/253946
    DOI
    10.1136/sextrans-2019-054072
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    https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4654636/3/Risk-attitudes.pdf
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    BACKGROUND: Individuals with risk-loving attitudes may be more likely to participate in high-risk sex and gambling. We investigated whether a lottery-based financial incentive to have a negative syphilis test may attract Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) who practised risky sexual behaviours. METHODS: In July 2018, a national online cross-sectional survey was conducted in China. We collected information on willingness to participate in a lottery-based financial incentive where men were eligible if they tested negative for syphilis, and the minimum prize that would attract them to participate. We used a validated risk attitude scale which asked about the willingness to take risks in six domains, ranging from 0 (avoids taking risk) to 10 (fully prepared to take risks). To avoid multicollinearity, we used principal components analysis to create a 'risk attitude index'. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression explored factors associated with willingness to test negative for syphilis. RESULTS: 699 MSM enrolled with a median age of 26 years (IQR: 23-30). 70% self-identified as gay and 52% reported ever testing for syphilis. 64% stated they were likely or very likely to test for syphilis linked with a lottery-based incentive. The median desired amount for the lottery had an expected value of ¥10 (US$1.50, IQR: ¥5-¥30). Men who had greater odds of willingness to participate in the lottery-based incentive were those scoring highest on the risk attitude index (adjusted OR (AOR) 2.6, 95% CI 1.5 to 4.3), those reporting more than one sexual partner in the last 3 months (AOR 1.7, 95% CI 1.2 to 2.4), those who had not used condoms during their last sex (AOR 1.5, 95% CI 1.0 to 2.2) and those who ever had group sex (AOR 1.5, 95% CI 1.0 to 2.2). CONCLUSION: Chinese MSM with higher risk attitudes and who reported riskier sexual behaviours indicated greater interest in the concept of a lottery-based incentive for syphilis testing. A lottery-based incentive may be a promising strategy for promoting condom use among risk-loving men.

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