1. Characteristics and Longitudinal Patterns of Erectile Dysfunction Drug Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the U.S.
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Park, Jee Won, Dobs, Adrian S, Ho, Ken S, Palella, Frank J, Seaberg, Eric C, Weiss, Robert E, and Detels, Roger
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HIV ,Multivariate analysis ,Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors ,Recreational drugs ,Sexual behavior ,Sexual orientation ,Cohort Studies ,Erectile Dysfunction ,Homosexuality ,Male ,Humans ,Male ,Pharmaceutical Preparations ,Sexual Behavior ,Sexual and Gender Minorities ,Substance-Related Disorders ,Clinical Research ,HIV/AIDS ,Prevention ,Substance Abuse ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Infectious Diseases ,Drug Abuse (NIDA Only) ,Sexually Transmitted Infections ,3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote wellbeing ,Clinical Psychology ,Public Health and Health Services ,Other Studies in Human Society ,Psychology - Abstract
We investigated the longitudinal relationship between erectile dysfunction (ED) drug use with behavioral factors, including substance use and sexual activities in men who have sex with men from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study during 1998-2016 (n = 1636). We used a bivariate random-intercept model to evaluate ED drug use along with other behavioral factors to assess relationships between the two outcomes over time on a population level and also at the individual level. Average ED drug use among men who have sex with men (MSM) with HIV was positively correlated with average use of marijuana (r = .19), poppers (r = .27), and stimulants (r = .25). In this group, testosterone use (r = .32), multiple partners (r = .41), insertive anal intercourse with condom (r = .40), and insertive anal intercourse without condom (r = .43) all showed moderate correlations over time with average ED use (p
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- 2021