Citation

Abdala N, Grau LE, Zhan W, Shaboltas AV, Skochilov RV, Kozlov AP, Krasnoselskikh TV. AIDS Behav. 2013; 17(3): 1144-1150.

Affiliation

Yale School of Public Health, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA, nadia.abdala@yale.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10461-011-0091-z

PMID

22139416

Abstract

We investigated whether inebriation was associated with having non-main partners and unprotected sex with non-main partners and whether drinking motivations were associated with sexual risk behaviors among patients attending an STD clinic in St Petersburg, Russia. A cross-sectional behavior survey was applied to 362 participants between 2008 and 2009. Multivariate logistic regression was used for analysis. At-risk drinking per Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C) criteria (OR 2.5, 95% CI 1.4-4.4) was independently associated with having non-main sexual partners. Inebriation (OR 3.2, 95% CI 1.3-8.1) but not at-risk drinking or drinking prior to sex was associated with unprotected sex with non-main partners. Among drinkers, the consumption of alcohol to facilitate sexual encounters (OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.6-4.5) was associated with having non-main sexual partners. HIV prevention programs in Russia must address inebriation in addition to conventional patterns of problem drinking such as those measured by AUDIT-C and consider individuals' motivations to drink that lead to sexual risk taking.

Language: en