COVID-19 restrictions and changing sexual behaviours in HIV-negative MSM at high risk of HIV infection in London, UK

• Published in: Sexually transmitted infections Vol. 97; no. 7; pp. 521 - 524
• Main Authors: Hyndman, Iain, Nugent, Diarmuid, Whitlock, Gary George, McOwan, Alan, Girometti, Nicolò
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.11.2021; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Antiretroviral drugs; Behaviour; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Ethnicity; health services research; HIV; homosexuality; Households; Human immunodeficiency virus; Medical supplies; Pandemics; Polls & surveys; pre-exposure prophylaxis; Questionnaires; Sexual behavior; sexual behaviour; Sexual health; Software; Text messaging; Well being; United Kingdom > UK; health services research; homosexuality; pre-exposure prophylaxis; sexual health; sexual behaviour
• ISSN: 1368-4973; 1472-3263; 1472-3263
• DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054768

ObjectivesThe COVID-19 pandemic and its related restrictions have affected attendance to and delivery of UK sexual healthcare services (SHS). We surveyed the impact on sexual behaviour of men having sex with men (MSM) to inform future SHS provision.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional, anonymous, w...